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Victim Offender Mediation Pilot Project in the Boksburg Correctional Facility
Introduction
This Victim/Offender Mediation/Dialogue (“VOM/D”) Pilot Project was designed in order to attempt to facilitate dialogue between victims and offenders in matters involving serious violent crime and to pilot a unique partnership in mediation by professional staff in the employ of the Department of Correctional Services and Khulisa Social Solutions.
Contrasting International Perspectives to the Khulisa Social Solutions/ Department of Correctional Services Victim Offender Mediation/Dialogue Pilot Project:
- All cases mediated were cases dealing with serious violent crime such as murder and rape, as opposed to lesser or property related offences;
- Cases were all offender initiated, as opposed to victim initiated; and
- There was a unique partnership between an organ of State and a community organisation, which included training and mediating together.
CONCLUSION
This pilot project greatly supports Victim Offender Mediation in cases dealing with incidents of serious violent crime, contradictory to the traditional global practices and evidence.
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