Victim Offender Mediation Research Paper

Words: 245
Pages: 1

Victim-Offender Mediation and Restorative Justice Programs highlight the obligation imposed on offenders, holding them accountable for the offense they committed. These programs shift the objective from punishment and infliction of pain to reparation of the harm. The criminal justice system is a public mechanism, thereby is our obligation as a society to demand its improvements and find new alternatives which will have the potential to reduce recidivism rates. The current system encourages offenders not to assume responsibility and to remain as passive, and as quiet as possible. As a result, many defendants do not find their trial to be a meaningful. If most offenders are not engaged in a process that challenges their views and encourages