Stručni rad
https://doi.org/10.3935/ljsr.v22i1.23
RESTORING THE BALANCE: LEARNING LESSONS FROM CASES REFERRED TO AN EU FUNDED PILOT PROJECT THAT PROVIDES VICTIM REQUESTED RESTORATIVE JUSTICE IN THE THAMES VALLEY, UK
Geoff Emerson
; Thames Valley Partnership, Chilton, United Kingdom
Louise Carrington- Dye
; Thames Valley Partnership, Chilton, United Kingdom
Graham Dix
; Thames Valley Partnership, Chilton, United Kingdom
Diane Grammer
; Thames Valley Partnership, Chilton, United Kingdom
Sažetak
This article describes lessons learned from a pilot project that delivers Restorative Justice (RJ) to victims of crime referred by agencies supporting victims and victim self-referrals. The project involves a partnership of agencies in the Thames Valley, working as part of a wider European Collaboration, to extend RJ services to victims at the post-sentencing level. We provide access to RJ for victims, whilst protecting their rights and preventing re-victimisation, in accordance with EU directive 2012/29/EU (European Commission, 2012).
The context and methodology of our pilot project are explained. Lessons learned from practice through team case discussion and supervision are then identified and described. The cases are then summarised in a table which outlines their key features and acts as a point of reference in relation to the lessons learned.
Cases are ongoing at the time of writing. The lessons may not always be clear cut and finalised. We hope that this approach will demonstrate the process of learning from experience and practice as the project develops. Whilst ours is not a rigorously scientific approach, we hope it offers readers a chance to understand the dilemmas and issues presented by a model which starts from a victim’s request for RJ. The authors are the project manager and the RJ Facilitators involved in delivering the service. Independent evaluation, involving interviews with victims, referrers and offenders who have participated in the pilot project, follows at a later stage.
Ključne riječi
lessons; restorative justice (RJ); victims, access
Hrčak ID:
139980
URI
Datum izdavanja:
1.6.2015.
Posjeta: 1.680 *