North Star Youth Mediation Program

An Alternative Approach to Conflict Resolution

What is the Victim-Offender Mediation?

Victim-Offender Mediation is a process based on Restorative Justice principles which emphasizes:

· The importance of holding offenders directly accountable to the people they have violated

· Restoring the emotional and material losses of victims 

· Providing a range of opportunities for dialogue, negotiation and problem solving, whenever possible, that can lead to a greater sense of community safety, conflict resolution, and closure for all involved

This program gives victims of property crimes or minor assaults the opportunity to meet the juvenile offenders in a safe and structured setting.  The impact of the crime is communicated offering participants the opportunity to ask and answer questions in developing a restitution plan wherein offenders take responsibility for their behavior, understand the full impact of what they have done, and develop a plan  to make amends directly to the person harmed.

To contact us:

800 Cushman St., Suite 101

P.O. Box 82147

Fairbanks, AK 99708

Phone: (907) 457-6792

Fax: (907) 457-6791

E-mail: nsycmed@mosquitonet.com

 

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