VICTIM EMPATHY/VICTIM-OFFENDER MEDIATION PROGRAM
The Victim Empathy classes are an eight hour program that is designed to educate delinquent youth on what crime victim’s experience. Over 200 juveniles participated in 2010.
• The class is facilitated through a curriculum, videos and hands-on activities and is usually court-ordered. Parent referrals are taken for this class, as well. The cost is $80.00 for the eight hour program
• The Victim/Offender Mediation Program entails a process which facilitates a face-to-face meeting between the offender and the victim of a crime
• The goals of the Mediation Program are to educate the juvenile offender on the impacts of their crime on individuals as well as the community. This program gives crime victims a voice within the justice system
• The Mediation process is completed either as a face-to-face meeting between the offender, victim and a trained mediator, or as a circle involving the offender, victim, mediator and a variety of community representatives
• There is no cost to the Mediation Program