Victim-offender mediation as social work practice. Analysis of the influence of intitutional, pedagogical and life world oriented rationales on victim-offender mediation practice

Previous research on victim-offender mediation revealed differences between juvenile and adult mediation in both conceptualisation and reach of mediation processes. This research analyses which institutional, pedagogical and life world oriented social interaction influence the construction process of het mediation practice and which interactions influence the construction of a distinction between participants and non-participants in mediation in Flanders.