Disentangling the Impact of Victim-Offender Mediation in Youth Recidivism

Autor: Arancha García-Gomis, Aitana Gomis-Pomares, Lidón Villanueva
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Anuario de Psicología Jurídica, Vol 31, Iss 1, Pp 85-89 (2021)
ISSN: 2174-0542
1133-0740
Popis: Victim-offender mediation has been considered a highly valued educational measure in the field of restorative justice, but which is its real impact on youth recidivism from an evidence-based perspective? The aim of this study was to examine the effect of this type of intervention on Spanish juvenile offenders assigned two educational interventions (N = 104): victim-offender mediation (VOM) and community service (CS). Youth offenders were aged between 14-18 years (M = 16.04), and their risk level was assessed by the YLS/CMI Inventory. A 24-month follow-up period was taken into account to evaluate recidivism. Results showed that the type of intervention applied to minors did not have a significant differential effect on subsequent recidivism rates. However, risk level proved to be a determining variable for predicting recidivism. Therefore, it is an adequate matching with minors’ real situation and not the educational measure per se which influences recidivism.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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