“…I have practiced as a mediator in the victim–offender mediation program (“Konfliktråd”) of the Danish national police since 2014. Since 2015, I have been one of two persons responsible for training the program's new mediators (for the Danish program, see Asmussen, 2014, 2015; Hansen, 2012; Henriksen, 2003; Kyvsgaard, 2016; Kyvsgaard & Ribe, 2018; Kyvsgaard, van Mastrigt, & Gade, 2018; Ministry of Justice's Committee on Victim–Offender Mediation, 2008; Rambøll, 2006; Rasmussen, 2020; Sherman, Mastrigt, Gade, Ammann, & Strang, 2020). I am also fortunate enough to have been part of a research team that has observed more than a 100 meetings in the Danish program 2 .…”