Restorative Justice and Mediation

Code:

C404

Acronym:

JRMED

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Criminology

Instance: 2015/2016 - 2S (since 15-02-2016 to 20-05-2016)

Active?	Yes
Course/CS Responsible:	Criminology

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
C	72	Oficial Study Plan LC	4	-	6	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The course aims to provide the core knowledge about:

- The principles and objectives of restorative justice, its emergency conditions, models and nationally and internationally developments.

- The emergence and development of mediation as an alternative means for settling conflicts, the main principles, objectives, models and application contexts.

- The victim-offender mediation within the  restorative justice paradigm (models, application contexts, legal and institutional framework)

- Empirical research on the practices of restorative justice, namely the evaluative research results;

- The mediation process

- The key debates and critical approaches to restorative justice and mediation

 

The course also aims to provide students the opportunity to develop essential mediation skills

Learning outcomes and competences

The course aims to provide students with:

- the fundamental knowledge about the theoretical  framework of restorative justice and about its social and institutional developments, namely in the field of criminal justice. 

-a comprehensive understanding of the mediation process in the restorative justice framework and the opportunity to develop essential mediation skills.

-the knowlege about the debates and critical approaches on restorative justice and mediation

Working method

Presencial

Program

II.Restorative Justice
1. Definition, key principles and theoretical foundations
2. Emergency conditions and developments  

3.RJ models : Victim-Offender Mediation, Family Group Conferencing and Circle Sentencing

4.Restorative Justice and  criminal justice : 

legal frameworks,  Implementation and institutionalisation

5. Specific fields of application

 

III.The mediation within the framework of restorative justice

1.Victim-offender mediation, justice system and criminal policies in international context
2. A experiência portuguesa
3.The process of mediation: theoretical and practical approach.

4. Restorative justice and empirical research

5.Restorative justice and mediation: critical issues and debates.

 

Mandatory literature

Walgrave Lode 340; Restorative justice and the law. ISBN: 1-903240-96-4
Johnstone Gerry 340; Handbook of restorative justice. ISBN: 1-84392-151-0
Aertsen Ivo 340; Institutionalizing restorative justice. ISBN: 1-84392-159-6
Braithwaite John; Restorative justice & responsive regulation. ISBN: 0-19-513639-X
Umbreit Mark S.; The^handbook of victim offender mediation. ISBN: 0-7879-5491-8
Jaccoud Mylène; Justice réparatrice et médiation pénale

Teaching methods and learning activities

 

The classes combine the presentation, discussion and  application  of knowledge. The focus of the practical sessions is the mediation process and the training of mediation skills.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	90,00
Participação presencial	10,00
Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

The distributed evaluation involves the participation in the exercises performed in class concerning the mediation process. The approval in the practical component is a prerequisite for admission to the written test examination.

Calculation formula of final grade

Exae: 90%

Distributed evaluation: 10%

Classification improvement

Exam