Victim-Offender Mediation with Juvenile Offenders in Germany

Kilchling, Michael

doi:10.1007/1-4020-3879-8_11

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“…As Kilchling (2002) notes, courts prosecute and sanction only one-third of juvenile offenders. In almost 1/3 of the juvenile cases, prosecutors or judges dismiss 1) The prosecutor believes that an educational or instructional program is sufficient and 2) The child is participating in this program.…”

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The German Prosecution Service

Boyne¹

2014

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“…Although an amendment to the Juvenile Code enacted in 1990 opened the door to mediation programs, 52 in some areas these programs eventually closed down because prosecutors refused to support them (Kilchling 2002). As I have already pointed out, prosecutors throughout Germany are bound to enforce the same juvenile code.…”

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The German Prosecution Service

Boyne¹

2014

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“…326 In 1994 the Crime Prevention Law brought about a number of changes. 235-259, p. 240, Kilchling, M. (2005) Victim-Offender Mediation with Juvenile Offenders in Germany in Mestitz, A. and Ghetti, S. 327 In this law, the scope of reparation with regard to the suspended sentence and warning with punishment was further extended.…”

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Alternatives to Imprisonment in England and Wales, Germany and Turkey

Sevdiren¹

2011

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“…For further details see Hartmann (1996); Hartmann and Kilchling (1998); Hartmann and Stroezel (1998); Loschnig-Gspandl and Kilchling (1997). Currently the authors are evaluating VOM practice in both countries from a judicial perspective (see Kilchling and Loschnig-Gspandl, 1998;Loschnig-Gspandl and K ilchling, 1999). Further information on this research project is available under www.iuscrim.mpg.de.…”

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Legal and Practical Perspectives on Victim/Offender Mediation in Austria and Germany

Kilchling

Löschnig-Gspandl

2000

International Review of Victimology

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This article compares the legal possibilities for reparation and victim/offender mediation (YOM) in Austria and Germany, and their practical impact. The first part focuses on the theoretical framework of restorative justice from a victim perspective. In light of the results of empiricalmostly victimological-research, YOM is deemed to be a victim-related approach that provides a better position to the victim than do regular criminal proceedings. Furthermore, the authors stress that Austria and Germany have made YOM available for cases involving adult offenders as well as juveniles. Thus YOM has become a regular part of both criminal justice systems with the effect that victims have a better chance of profiting from these benefits than in systems which limit YOM to cases involving juvenile offenders. The second part gives a comparative overview of the current provisions available to impose compensation and mediation in both countries. In the third part, a comparison of existing official statistics is presented. From the different rates of application the authors conclude that YOM is of great practical relevance in Austria whereas the criminal justice system in Germany is still unwilling to apply YOM to a similar extent.

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Victim-Offender Mediation with Juvenile Offenders in Germany

Cited by 7 publications

References 4 publications

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Alternatives to Imprisonment in England and Wales, Germany and Turkey

Legal and Practical Perspectives on Victim/Offender Mediation in Austria and Germany

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