Correspondence Toran Hansen, Conflict Analysis and Dispute Resolution, Salisbury University, Holloway Hall, Room 106, 1101 Camden Avenue, Salisbury, MD 21801-6860. Email: tjhansen@salisbury.edu This paper provides an overview of 40 years of victimoffender mediation evaluation research. This research demonstrates that victims and offenders are more satisfied with the process and outcomes than with the courts, they are more likely to draft and complete restitution agreements, they derive psychosocial benefits, the process is less expensive, crime victims are more likely to receive apologies from offenders, and offenders are less likely to recidivate. These benefits are not necessarily uniformly distributed. This “first wave” research provides a platform for the second wave, currently underway. To contextualize these findings, current and future victim-offender mediation practices are outlined.

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受害者-罪犯调解研究和实践的四个十年：证据

通讯作者 Toran Hansen，冲突分析和争议解决，索尔兹伯里大学，霍洛威厅，106 室，1101 卡姆登大道，索尔兹伯里，MD 21801-6860。电子邮件：tjhansen@salisbury.edu 这篇论文概述了 40 年的受害者罪犯调解评估研究。这项研究表明，与法院相比，受害者和罪犯对过程和结果更满意，他们更有可能起草和完成赔偿协议，他们获得心理社会福利，过程成本较低，犯罪受害者更有可能获得道歉来自犯罪者，而犯罪者再犯的可能性较小。这些好处不一定是均匀分布的。这种“第一波”研究为目前正在进行的第二波研究提供了一个平台。为了将这些发现置于背景下，