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1 results foundAuthor: D'Souza, Nikki Title: Applying a Restorative Approach within a Serious and Organised Crime Context - Can it be done safely in practice? A Case Study Summary: SUMMARY OF KEY FINDINGS -- There is no evidence of Restorative Approaches (RA) being used in the context of serious and organised crime (SOC) offending in the literature review. This single case study represents an effort to bridge this gap between the theory of applying RA to serious and complex criminality and its practical application, demonstrating that it is possible to undertake RA in the SOC context with similar impact in terms of offender and victim experiences to when RA is undertaken in non-SOC contexts. This case study which utilised a MAPPA-style multi-agency model increased staff and victim empathy with the offender and his situation, while enhancing the emotive impact on the offender. • Consideration needs to be given to the participating offender in respect of risk assessments and safeguarding from other organised crime group (OCG) members as well as the usual focus on victim safety; risks to the community needs to be an integral risk assessment feature. Participating offenders need to be given the opportunity to raise concerns in relation to any perceived and real risks that may be heightened to them and their families due to their participation. There needs to be a recognition of the offender as a victim within the SOC context due to the way that offenders are recruited into OCGs. Not being able to control offenders and victims using social media platforms to talk about engaging in a restorative conference merited much debate, as sanctions cannot be applied and are not legally enforceable. Hence, some adaptations are noted to the established process when undertaking RJ in non-SOC cases. • It becomes clear that in the SOC context, much consideration needs to be given to what is NOT known in terms of gaps in police and partner intelligence rather than a sole focus on what is known. A risk mitigation plan is necessary. • Creativity, corporate motivation, time, resources and skilled staff are required to undertake RA in this context successfully, which raises issues in relation to upscaling the initiative. Despite the limitations inherent in deploying a single case study to test the concept from an operational perspective, this work resulted in excellent victim satisfaction and self-reported benefits for the participating offender. It signals the need for the model to be developed with bespoke risk assessment tools via further case studies including for non-fraud cases to test the applicability to other types of serious and organised criminality and for wider applicability in the SOC context. Details: Durham, UK: Durham Constabulary, 2019. 7p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 26, 2019 at: https://n8prp.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Case-Study-N8-Report-January-2019.pdf Year: 2019 Country: United Kingdom URL: https://n8prp.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Case-Study-N8-Report-January-2019.pdf Shelf Number: 155563 Keywords: Mediation Offender-Victim MediationOrganized Crime Restorative Justice Violent Crime |