At the end of 2000, a pilot project began in Flanders (Belgium) to offer family group conferencing for juvenile offenders. Since June 2006, this restorative practice – together with victim-offender mediation – has been inserted in the new Youth Justice Act, making conferencing available in all judicial districts in Flanders. Five years later, however, the mediation-services had to conclude that the number of referrals for conferencing remains rather limited. This observation inspired the mediation services to take actions to bring conferencing more to the attention. This article reports on the findings of a study that was part of this process. Based on (1) an analysis of all conferencing-files that were referred between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 31, (2) focus groups with youth court social workers and criminologists working at the level of the public prosecutor and (3) surveys conducted with youth judges, the study aimed to identify and discuss barriers and obstacles within the current referral practice of conferencing in Flanders. |
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Onderzoek naar de geringe toepassing van herstelgericht groepsoverleg in Vlaanderen |
Tijdschrift | Tijdschrift voor Herstelrecht, Aflevering 4 2013 |
Auteurs | Lieve Bradt |
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De vrijwilliger-ondersteuner en het herstelgericht groepsoverlegEen experiment binnen de bemiddelingsdienst van Leuven (BAL) |
Tijdschrift | Tijdschrift voor Herstelrecht, Aflevering 4 2013 |
Trefwoorden | Vrijwilliger ondersteuner, hergo |
Auteurs | Erik Claes en Emilie Van Daele |
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This article sketches an experiment initiated by a local mediation service in Flanders (BAL) with regard to the role of a supporting volunteer in the context of family group conferencing. Engaged as researchers in this experiment, the authors reconstruct the conceptual challenges of this project and the solution proposed by the team of mediators. One of these challenges revolves around finding an appropriative account of restorative justice that fits with the aims of the Belgian conferencing practice and clarifies the role of the supporting volunteer. Another comes down to distinguishing this role with the essential tasks of the moderator, and formulating deontological devices. In the last part of this contribution a few learning points are formulated with regard to the process and results of the experiment. One of these points is the need to rethink how successfully offering the possibility of engaging a supporting volunteer to the stake holding parties. |
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Samen beslissen over je eigen omgeving.Wijkbewoners aan zet met een Eigen Kracht-conferentie voor groep, wijk of buurt |
Tijdschrift | Tijdschrift voor Herstelrecht, Aflevering 3 2013 |
Auteurs | Hilleke Crum |
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The Eigen Kracht Centrale is striving for a society based on participation and mutual self reliance of citizens, where citizens remain in charge of their own life, especially when dealing with organizations and government bodies. It is important, in the Eigen Kracht Centrale vision, that everyone is part of society and everyone can participate, everyone has a say and remains in charge of his or her own life, everyone gets support from their own social network: family, friends, neighbors, etc. |