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Restorative justice: An agenda for Europe Barcelona (Spain), 15-17 June 2006

Introduction

Plenary session: Restorative justice and society – going beyond the law
Peace-making efforts in Northern Ireland , Brendan McAllister (Northern Ireland)

Workshop session 1: Peace-making and peace-building efforts in Europe and community mediation

  1. Restorative justice training in Serbia and Montenegro : Reflections on issues and potential in a transitional state, Marian Liebman (UK)
  2. Community mediation and community development in Scotland , Ian McDonough (Scotland)
  3. The promise of restorative justice in the search for truth after a violent conflict. Experiences from South Africa and Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kris Vanspauwen ( Belgium ) and Marta Valiñas (Portugal)
  4. To redress the wrongs of the past – the case of the “war children” of World War II , Kjersti Ericsson (Norway)
  5. Community justice initiatives of Waterloo Region (CJI). A 32 year retrospective look at a restorative justice based agency , Mark Yantzi (Canada)
  6. Mediation and restorative justice for victims of racism, Anne Salberg (Switzerland)
  7. Restorative justice: can we do it before things go wrong? (Restorative justice and the public health model), Beth Rodman (USA)
  8. Restorative justice into the 21 st century: arguments for restoration of humanity and community on a multi level scale, Gert Jan Slump (Netherlands) and Anneke van Hoek (Netherlands)
  9. Creation and functioning of a community service of mediation in the municipality of Sant Pere de Ribes, Barcelona , Javier Wilhelm (Spanje)
  10. How can the mediation centres/services and local mediators play an active role in preventing potential conflicts and escalation of conflicts? (Examples from Albania and Norway ), Rasim Gjoka (Albania) and Karen Paus (Norway)
  11. Family group conference can stop family violence, Rob van Pagée (Netherlands)

Plenary session: Restorative justice and the law – going beyong diversion
Restorative justice and more serious offences: beyond the diversion-inclusion debate (abstract), Ivo Aertsen ( Belgium ) and Leo Van Garsse ( Belgium )

Workshop session 2: Victim-offender mediation and conferencing with more serious offences

  1. Victim and offender reintegration in a serious crime case. Learning from mediation during the sentence, Ansel Guillamat, Belen de la Camara and Clara Casado (Spain)
  2. VOM with adults and recidivism, Miguel Angel Soria and Ansel Guillamat (Spain)
  3. Victim policy and restorative justice policy regarding serious cases in Belgium, Anne Lemonne (Belgium)
  4. Mediation in homicide cases: opportunities and risks , Kristel Buntinx (Belgium)
  5. Restorative justice and adolescent sexual offending, Vince Mercer and Julie Henniker (UK)
  6. No soft solution, the effectiveness of youth conferencing in Northern Ireland – How victims and offenders of serious crime prefer it to the traditional system, Alice Chapman and Mary Jo McAllister (Northern Ireland)
  7. Thorny theses concerning victim-offender mediation in a judicial context , Pieter Verbeeck (Belgium)
  8. Guiding the change process in Belgian prisons towards a restorative prison policy , Ann Daelemans (Belgium)
  9. Victim offender encounters in cases of long-term sentences in the Restorative Justice Center Program at Montréal, Thérèse de Villette (Canada)
  10. Circles of support and accountability for released sex offenders , Jean-Jacques Goulet (Canada)
  11. Future mediation with serious offences in Hungary , Ilona Görgenyi (Hungary)
  12. Developing restorative skills for delinquent youth (herstelopvoeding), Annemieke Wolthuis and Marieke Meijnen (Netherlands)
  13. Trusting the community to get it right – resolving serious offences outside the traditional justice system. Youth justice conferencing in New South Wales , Australia , Michaela Wengert (Australia)

Plenary session: School mediation and the inner dynamics of restorative justice – going beyond offender orientation
The DNA of restorative justice in schools and other organisations , Belinda Hopkins (UK)

Workshop session 3: School mediation and the micro-dynamics of restorative processes

  1. Dilemmas and possibilities in mediation programmes for 12-15 year old youngsters, Lotte Christy (Denmark)
  2. Narrative co-mediation: the ‘M' Team approach in New Zealand , Kerry Jenner (New Zealand)
  3. Reforming the criminal justice system through social healing, Jane Hill and Graham Wright (UK)
  4. Shame, guilt and trust: developing a basis for peace making and peace building, Roger Matthews (UK)
  5. Re-conceptualising restorative justice for school settings , Paul McCold (USA)
  6. Restorative justice: a study of a dispute resolution program , Sarah Smith (USA)
  7. ODR and Restorative Justice (Emotions in the areas of negotiations mediation and conflict resolution), Marta Poblet (Spain)
  8. Restorative practices in schools , Betty Robinson (UK)
  9. The implementation of restorative practices in schools , Peta Blood (Australia)
  10. Restorative schools: How to make the implicit explicit , Nicola Preston (UK) and Les Davey (UK)
  11. School mediation in Catalonia , Estel Solé (Spain) and Pere Led (Spain)
  12. School mediation in the province of Bari , Illaria de Vanna (Italy)
  13. The 4-way-interaction of morality, neutralisation, shame and bonds , Borbala Fellegi (Hungary)
  14. The psychology of victims in restorative justice , Antony Pemberton (The Netherlands)

Plenary session: Establishing the basis
The pros and cons of having European standards for practice and training , Niall Kearney ( Scotland ) and Frauke Petzold ( Germany )

Workshop session 4: Training of mediators and legal professionals and standards of good practice

  1. Restorative justice and traditional legal culture in the context of contemporary Chinese criminal justice reform , Jianhong Liu (USA)
  2. Restorative justice programs in Thailand , Wanchai Roujanavong (Thailand)
  3. Legislating mediation procedure in Finland , Outi Mustajoki (Finland)
  4. Implementing restorative justice in the Netherlands , John Blad (Netherlands) and Antony Pemberton (Netherlands)
  5. Learning to be restorative , Tim Chapman (Northern Ireland)
  6. Nightmare on Restoration Street , Vince Mercer (UK)
  7. VOM-training in Norway , Merete Granrud (Norway) and Grete Stabekk (Norway)
  8. On the summer school in Pilsen, An Marchal (Belgium)
  9. Promoting good practices of victim offender mediation in Serbia: a journey to improving quality standards of practices , Jasna Hrncic, Dusica Vujacic-Richer, Gorana Ilic and Tijana Marinovic (Serbia)
  10. Best practice for restorative justice within restorative justice providers and the Scottish Children's Hearing System , Billy Nicol (UK)
  11. Working under the aegis of the criminal justice system: implications for restorative justice practice , Margarita Zernova (UK)
  12. Interagency Cooperation – The way forward , Rose Sweeney and Barry Moore (Ireland)
  13. Becoming a restorative school – What training and support do educationalists need ?, Belinda Hopkins (UK)
  14. Support and supervision , Liz Duffy (UK)
  15. Doing nothing: a comparison of the effects of early restorative intervention and non-intervention on the criminal careers of three cohorts of ‘early-stage' young offenders in England and Wales , John Pitts (UK)

Plenary session: Restorative justice and beyond – An agenda for Europe
Restorative justice and beyond – An agenda for Europe , Lode Walgrave (Belgium)

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