“We’ve Got History Now”
Victim and Justice-Involved Youth Experiences During Mediation Sessions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21425066 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cailey Strau (0000-0002-8263-0537), CAILEY STRAUSS, Jorden A Cummings (0000-0003-1571-4404, corresponding author), Kendall Deleurme (0000-0003-0826-437X, University of Saskatchewan) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 1397-1412 |
| Publication date | 2024-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Criminal Justice and Behavior (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0093-8548 • E-ISSN: 1552-3594 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00938548241237183 |
| OpenAlex | W4396556574 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 31 |
Victim-offense mediation (VOM) is the process by which victims of crime meet the involved youth, in the presence of trained mediators, to process and address the emotional and practical ramifications of the crime. We aimed to qualitatively understand the experiences of victims and justice-involved youth during mediation sessions. Participants were recruited from one American and one Canadian mediation center, We combined field observations, semi-structured interviews, and multiple case study analyses with reflexive thematic analysis to explore nine cases of VOM participants’ experiences of the process and its potential link with various desired outcomes immediately following VOM. We generated five themes: Attempting to Satisfy Mediation Needs, Apologies, The Gravitational Pull of Victims, Finding a Healing Connection, and Corrective Emotional Experience & Challenged Expectations. We discuss these themes, the importance of relational processes, the importance and potential burden of the compelling victim, corrective emotional experiences, and the potential role of the mediators
Criminology · Economic Justice · Mediation · Medical emergency · Poison control · Political science · Qualitative research · Reflexivity · Restorative justice · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Thematic analysis · Child Abuse and Trauma · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |