Making Amends
Justice for Victims and Offenders - An Evaluation of the SACRO Reparation and Mediation Project
Published on 3. December 1992
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-1-85628-407-3 (ISBN)
Description
This work reports on a detailed evaluation of a three-year pilot scheme for reparation and mediation. It describes the project, the types of cases referred, their progress and the outcome views of people involved. The potential for a wider use of this approach is also considered.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
references, glossary
Dimensions
Height: 154 mm
Width: 223 mm
Weight
400 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85628-407-3 (9781856284073)
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Persons
Content
Part 1 Introduction: the legal context of reparation and mediation in Scotland; the SACRO reparation and mediation project; the types of cases dealt with by the project; the development of the SACRO reparation and mediation project; outline of procedure and practice; the evaluation. Part 2 Analysis of cases referred to and accepted by the project: cases referred to and accepted by the project; characteristics of case referrals to and accepted for reparational mediation; relationship between victim and accused; type of offence; characteristics of victims and accused in cases accepted by the project; financial loss to victims; summary. Part 3 Progress of cases through the project: cases referred back after an approach to the victim; cases withdrawn before an agreement was made; cases referred back after contact with the accused; cases where an agreement was reached between victim and accused; termination for breach of the agreement; completed agreements; completed agreements; components of agreements; throughput of cases; summary. Part 4 The comparison group: characteristics of the comparison group; outcomes and disposals of comparison groups cases; interviews with victims in the comparison group; the comparison and caseload cases; summary. Part 5 The views of victims and accused: methods and response rates; participating victims; participating accused; victims and accused who refused to participate; summary. Part 6 The procurators fiscal: sample and methods; the limits of reparation and mediation; identifying cases for referral; the potential impact of reparation and mediation; evaluation of the effectiveness of reparation and mediation; reparation and mediation and other alternatives; opinions of organizational features associated with reparation and mediation; potential development of reparation and mediation; the wider impact of reparation and mediation; summary. Part 7 The volunteer scheme: recruitment; background details of volunteer mediators; the interviews; undertaking medication; monitoring the agreement; problems in practice; volunteers' evaluation of the impact of reparationand mediation summary.