MEDIATOR SKILLS FOR UTILIZATION OF TRAUMA CONSCIOUS FRAMEWORK IN RESTORATIVE JUSTICE

We examined the required knowledge and skills of mediators for using Trauma-Conscious Approach (TCA) in Victim Offender Dialogue (VOD) within the Restorative Justice (RJ) practice framework. In our conceptualization, the “victim” is referred to as the harmed party and the “offender” as the party that caused the harm or wrongdoer. This analysis began with an extensive review of literature on the primary concepts of the study and included empirical sources from 1992-2024 focusing on TCA and Trauma Informed Approaches (TIA) in RJ in combination with an analysis of five cases that involved restorative justice intervention in various practice contexts. The literature we reviewed used the terms TCA and TIA interchangeably in some instances and when differences were demarcated between the approaches, TCA was described as being anchored in individual awareness of the specific ways trauma impa ... continue reading->

Keywords: Mediator; Mediation; Restorative Justice; Trauma Conscious Approach; Trauma; Trauma Informed Approach; Victim Offender Dialogue