Will the space for mediation in juvenile offenders cases change?

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31261/FPK.2022.04.04

Keywords:

juvenile, mediation, restorative justice, law on rehabilitation and support for juveniles

Abstract

Victim-offender mediation in juvenile cases is rarely applied in Poland, in spite of the positive results it brings. Therefore, the prospects of it and barriers to it need to be analysed. Space for mediation can be determined by taking into account its legal framework, the existing policy towards juvenile offending, the acceptance of mediation by magistrates and by society as a whole, and the involvement of NGOs in the process. The article in particular analyses new regulations of mediation in the law on rehabilitation and support for juveniles, that – in contrary to what is contained in the substantiation of the law – seem not to encourage wider use of mediation.

Author Biography

Beata Czarnecka-Dzialuk, University of Gdansk

Ph.D. at Law; Assistant Professor at the Department of Substantive Criminal Law and Criminology, Law and Administration Faculty, Gdańsk University. She is a lecturer in restorative justice, victimology, and criminology. While working at the Institute of Law Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Justice, she has conducted research on introducing victim-offender mediation in Poland. She is a co-author of experimental programme for mediation in juvenile offenders cases and its evaluation, a member of Consultative Council for Alternative Dispute Resolution by the Minister of Justice (second term), and of the European Forum for Restorative Justice; in addition to being a core member of international partnership “Restorative Justice – Strategies for Change”.

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2022-12-29

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Czarnecka-Dzialuk, Beata. 2022. “Will the Space for Mediation in Juvenile Offenders Cases Change?”. Forum Polityki Kryminalnej [Forum on Criminal Policy], no. 2(4) (December):1-16. https://doi.org/10.31261/FPK.2022.04.04.

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