Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution
Abstract
This Note discusses the potential benefits of implementing a system of suspended sentences for juveniles convicted of violent crimes contingent upon participation in victim offender mediation. Section II discusses the background of mediation, restorative justice, and victim offender mediation. Section III discusses the need for reform and shortcomings of the current juvenile justice system. Section IV proposes the system of suspended sentences for juveniles convicted of violent crimes contingent upon participation in victim offender mediation, and discusses the various benefits to be achieved through victim offender mediation.
Disciplines
Dispute Resolution and Arbitration | Law
Recommended Citation
Lindsay Goldbrum,
Suspended Sentence Contingent Upon Participation in Victim Offender Mediation for Juveniles Who Commit Violent Crimes,
18
Cardozo J. Conflict Resol.
391
(2017).
Available at:
https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/cjcr/vol18/iss2/6