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Gehm, John R and Umbreit, Mark S (1984). National VORP Directory. Valparaiso, IN: National VORP Resource Center, 47p.

The Victim-Offender Reconciliation Program (VORP) started in Kitchener, Ontario in 1974. VORP was later replicated in Elkhart, Indiana in 1978. A directory lists 32 operating and planned VORPs. Information is provided on each program's start-up date, primary referral sources, annual referral statistics, most common offenses addressed, staff size, annual budget, primary funding sources, number of mediators and other program characteristics.