Restorative Justice Education from Intrajudicial Criminal Mediation Associated Factors

The restorative justice (RJ) paradigm requires coherence among legal, justice, and educational systems to promote a culture of restorative dialogue with victims of violence and to reintegrate aggressors into the community. The objective of this study, from an evolutionary social perspective, was to...

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Published in:European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education psychology and education, 2021-06, Vol.11 (3), p.627-638
Main Authors: Matás Castillo, Mercedes, Méndez, Inmaculada, Esteban, Cecilia Ruiz, Soto, Gloria
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
age
Agreements
Bullying
Classroom Techniques
Collaboration
Community Relations
Conflict management
Criminal law
Criminals
cultural change
Education
Educational Environment
Emotional Intelligence
Hypotheses
International organizations
Interpersonal Relationship
interpersonal relationships
intrajudicial mediation
Justice
Legislation
Mediation
Mediators
Peer Mediation
Principles
Restorative justice
School violence
Stress Management
Teaching Methods
Victims of crime
Violence
Young Adults
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Summary:The restorative justice (RJ) paradigm requires coherence among legal, justice, and educational systems to promote a culture of restorative dialogue with victims of violence and to reintegrate aggressors into the community. The objective of this study, from an evolutionary social perspective, was to examine criminal mediation files in the archives of the Murcia Intrajudicial Criminal Mediation Service (UMIM), Spain, to see which variables are associated with which types of violence and understand the contents and adoption of agreements. In this study the sociodemographic, procedural, and interpersonal variables of 216 people who used criminal mediation were analysed. The results showed statistically significant differences concerning age, the procedural moment of referral, and the participants’ relationship. The main conclusions are that the youngest group had a more significant number of encounters with physical violence; most agreements occurred in the initial phase of a judicial procedure; and the majority of agreements had moral content regardless of the age of the parties involved. These factors are of interest to the establishment of judicial and educational restorative models.
ISSN:2254-9625
2174-8144
2254-9625
DOI:10.3390/ejihpe11030045