AHSS 1160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Alternative Dispute Resolution

• School: UofGH
• Department: Arts, Humanities, Social Science
• Course: AHSS 1160
• Professor: David Mikelberg

Document Summary

Responds by repairing the harm or making things right. Includes the mediator and the 2 parties: victim-offender mediation, group conferences. Includes the victim, the offender, other supporting parties and those others interested in the incident. Full participation of victim, offender and community. Reintegrate victim and offender and provide closure. Pre-charge police officers shall consider using alternatives to laying a charge (ejm) Is fully informed about the incident, the offender and the process. Has opportunity to actively participate in the process. Opportunity to resolve the incident in a peaceful manner. Restorative justice: offender benefits can include: Opportunity to be aware of harm suffered. Opportunity to make it right with the victim. Remember the mediator"s role is one of facilitating the process. The mediator should not tell the parties what to do or what the resolution should be. The mediator will help the parties find their own agreement and is there to control the process.