Betty Vos’s research while affiliated with St. Catherine University and other places

... Case studies have the ability to add depth and context to the understanding of how and why restorative justice policies are considered and adopted. When Washington County Court Services in Minnesota undertook a systemic shift toward restorative justice, the organization asked the Center for Restorative Justice and Peacemaking at the University of Minnesota to document their change process (Coates, Umbreit, & Vos, 2004). The authors found that reform was not prompted by any particular event or crisis, but was rather seen as a slowly evolving process within the context of a long-time progressive government ideology. ...

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A tale of two states: how U.S. state legislatures consider restorative justice policies

... Hoewel er een aantal gepubliceerde studies te vinden is over dialooggroepen met betrokkenen bij dezelfde feiten (bijv. Hansen & Umbreit, 2018;Umbreit et al., 1994Umbreit et al., , 2000Umbreit et al., , 2001Umbreit et al., , 2006 zijn er, voor zover ons bekend, nauwelijks gepubliceerde studies over de impact van herstelgerichte dialooggroepen (HDG) met betrokkenen van niet-gerelateerde feiten. We vonden drie gepubliceerde rapporten van dergelijke HDG inzake misdaden zoals moord, aanranding, zware mishandeling, huiselijk geweld en inbraken (Armour et al., 2006;Burns, 2002;Lovell et al., 2002). ...

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Herstelgerichte dialooggroep voor niet-­gerelateerde ernstige ­verkeersongevallen in België: ervaringen, standpunten en attitudes van deelnemers

... The outcomes studies have been carried out in family group conferencing in Australia which treats the issue of forgiveness and changes in victim"s perception of the offender in major and minor crimes (Strang, 2002) and VOMD (Victim Offender Mediated Dialogue) in Ohio and Texas (Umbreit et al,2003). The issue of satisfaction in VOM (Victim Offender Mediation) was shown in some programs in North America and Europe which has some data on forgiveness constructs which can set tone for healing (Umbreit, Coates, & Vos, 2002). ...

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The Contractual Liability of Deputy (Contract) in Electronic Contracts

... In 2021, the MCPP CPDs were implemented to strengthen relationships between community and the police using a restorative dialogue format. Community-police conflicts and public safetyrelated harms are elements that restorative justice, a practice focused on reconciliation between offenders and victims, are equipped to address (Coates et al., 2003;Newkirk, 2016;Nicholl, 1999). The robust structure of MCPP already in place provided an opportunity to implement dialogues between the community and police. ...

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Improving public safety through precinct and neighborhood-based virtual restorative community-police dialogues

... Deelnemers aan VOM zijn over het algemeen tevreden. Een review van 63 studies 18 vond hoge niveaus van tevredenheid onder deelnemers ongeacht het type dader of slachtoffer, de locatie of de culturele achtergrond van de partijen (Umbreit et al., 2002). Vergelijkbare resultaten werden gevonden in een meta-analyse van 35 studies, waarvan 27 VOM betroffen (Latimer et al., 2005). ...

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Victim-offender mediation during the criminal justice process in the Netherlands (report in Dutch, English summary available)

... • A focus on the harm caused by criminal behaviour • Voluntary participation by those most affected by the harm, including the victim, the perpetrator and, in some processes and practices, their supporters or family members, members of a community of interest and appropriate professionals • Preparation of the parties and facilitation of the process by trained restorative practitioners • Dialogue between the parties to arrive at a mutual understanding of what happened and its consequences and an agreement on what should be done • Outcomes of the restorative process vary and may include an expression of remorse and acknowledgement of responsibility by the perpetrator and a commitment to do some reparative action for the victim or for the community • An offer of support to the victim to aid recovery and to the perpetrator to aid reintegration and desistance from further acts of harm. (ONUDC, 2020, p. 4) L'approche réparatrice privilégie la participation active des différentes parties concernées, à savoir la victime, l'auteur du crime et la communauté, en facilitant les communications entre ces parties pour trouver une solution au préjudice causé par le crime (Roche, 2001;Umbreit et al., 2006;Van Ness, 1997;Van Ness et Heetderks Strong, 1997;Zehr et Mika, 1998). En d'autres mots, la justice réparatrice fait jouer un rôle central aux victimes de crimes (Wemmers et Van Camp, 2011). ...

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Les expériences des victimes de violence sexuelle dans les programmes de justice réparatrice

... Inclusion/exclusion criteria for individual study participation were a) being an active facilitator member of one of the teams in the case study programs, b) active in these teams for at least 6 months before the health-related lockdown (March 2020), and c) having used some type of online tool during the COVID-19 lockdown. Facilitators were chosen as the primary information source of information due to their indispensable role in the construction and development of the restorative process (Umbreit & Vos, 2000;Bazemore & Schiff, 2005;Van Camp & Wemmers, 2013) and as accessible figures, providing a longitudinal view of the adaptation and use of specific tools (ICTs). Placing facilitators in a central role of this research allowed an exploration of the dynamics and implementation of online tools throughout the restorative justice model. ...

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Applicability and uses of the online environment in restorative mediation: towards a digital restorative justice?

... Restorative justice focuses on reducing and repairing harm caused by crime and conflict through accountability, reconciliation, and relationships (Coates et al., 2003;Umbreit et al., 2007;Van Ness & Strong, 2015;Zehr, 2002). Restorative principles and practices have been used in a variety of contexts including schools (Anyon et al., 2016;Bergseth & Bouffard, 2013;Boyes-Watson, 2008;Carey, 2020) and criminal justice contexts as an alternative method to resolve conflict without the traditional punishment-based system (Anyon et al., 2016;Bergseth & Bouffard, 2013;Carey, 2020). ...

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Improving public safety through precinct and neighborhood-based virtual restorative community-police dialogues

... The hate crimes paradigm is grounded in retributive justice, which conceives crime as an act against the laws established by the State (Coates, Umbreit and Vos, 2006). This is characterized by a two-party adversarial design in which the offender (who is presumed innocent) and the state (which carries the burden of proving guilt) are pitted against one another (Saulnier and Sivasubramaniam, 2015). ...

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Exploring alternatives to the hate crimes model. Perceptions of civil society organizations regarding the application of restorative justice for bias-motivated crimes

... Participants sit in a circle and pass a talking piece around. Only the person holding the object is allowed to speak, ensuring that each person has an opportunity to be heard (Coates, Umbreit and Vos, 2002). As the talking piece 3 The Navajo in the Southern US are doing their own circles in a peacemaking division. ...

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USING CIRCLES OF SUPPORT AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN CHINA: PROSPECTS AND PROBLEMS