RT Article
T1 Victim–Offender Mediation and Reduced Reoffending: Gauging the Self-Selection Bias:
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 66
IS 6/7
SP 949
OP 972
A1 Jonas-van Dijk, Jiska
A1 Nelen, J. M. 1961-
A1 Claessen, Jacques
A1 Zebel, Sven
A2 Nelen, J. M. 1961-
A2 Claessen, Jacques
A2 Zebel, Sven
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1698115180
AB Previous research suggests that participation in victim-offender mediation (VOM) can lower the risk of reoffending. However, no randomized controlled trials have been done to examine this effect of VOM. Given that participation in VOM is voluntary, previous studies likely suffer from self-selection bias. To address this bias, we compared reoffending rates of three different offender groups: offenders who participated in VOM; offenders who were willing to participate, but whose counterpart declined VOM; and offenders unwilling to participate (total N = 1,275). Results replicated that participation in VOM predicts lower reoffending rates and suggested that this effect is not solely due to a self-selection bias. Suggestions are made for future research to examine why VOM causes lower reoffending rates.
K1 Restorative justice
K1 Victim–offender mediation
K1 Recidivism
K1 Self-selection bias
K1 Offenders
DO 10.1177/0011128719854348