01262nam a2200169   450000100060000010000410000610100080004720000770005530000620013233007020019446101020089660600170099860600260101570000180104170100230105985200100108217880  a20011105u           y0pory50      ba  aeng  aThe european forum for victim-offender mediation and restorative justice  aNúmero temático "Contours of a European Criminology".  aThe European Forum for Victim-Offender Mediation and Restorative Justice is a non-governmental organisation set up because European victim-offender mediation projects had seldom established contacts beyond national borders. Informal contacts revealed that practitioners, academics and policy makers were looking for a more regular exchange and mutual support in developing victim-offender mediation and other restorative justice practices. This article gives an overview of the background to restorative justice and victim-offender mediation, and pays attention to the development of the Forum, its current aims, objectives and activities, and other (policy) developments at a supranational level.  vV.9,n.3dSet.-Nov. 2001pp.291-300tEuropean Journal on Criminal Policy and ResearchcNetherlands  aMEDIAÇÃO  aJUSTIÇA REPARADORA   aAERTSENbIvo   aWILLEMSENSbJolien  jP.275