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Herczog, Maria. Victim-Offender Mediation with juvenile offenders in Hungary.

The European Commission’s Grotius II Criminal Programme initiated a project to address the need for better understanding of victim-offender mediation practices with juvenile offenders and justice systems in Europe. Under this project, studies were contracted and research papers produced to examine the situation in a number of European countries. Each study covered the following matters: norms and legislation allowing for the implementation of VOM programs; theoretical frameworks of VOM centers; organizational structure of VOM centers; categories and profiles of juvenile offenses; professional characteristics and job satisfaction of mediators; and advantages and criticisms of VOM. The papers were presented and discussed at a final seminar in Bologna, Italy, September 19-20, 2003. Within the categories mentioned above, this particular paper surveys victim-offender mediation with juvenile offenders in Hungary.

Gönczöl, Katalin. "Developing humane criminal justice systems in democratic societies: An update from Hungary"

This article examines the changes and development of penal policy and community sentencing in Hungary. As a new criminal justice system emerges, including the recently reformed probation service in Hungary, this article argues that democratic societies must hold a careful balance between controlling the behaviour of its citizens, whilst crucially also ensuring their freedom, dignity and human rights. From the position of someone who has been closely involved with these developments and transitions in Hungary, the author questions whether the balance that has been achieved in ‘advanced’ democracies, such as the USA, given the excessive use of imprisonment and punitive sentencing. She argues that an alternative model is in the best interests of all – one that stigmatizes the offence but not the offender.

Fellegi, Borbála. Reconciliation between retribution and restoration: attitudes of judges and prosecutors towards restorative justice in Hungary

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Negrea, Vidia. Dreaming of a New Reality for Troubled Youth in Hungary

Vidia Negrea, a psychologist, reflects on personal and professional experiences in Romania, Hungary, and the United States to paint a vision of a restorative approach to troubled youth in Hungary. A Hungarian growing up in Romania, Negrea eventually moved to Hungary and became a psychologist working with delinquent youth. To solve difficult problems concerning such youth, Negrea and others began to experiment with certain restorative approaches and practices. Consequent to contact with Real Justice of the U.S., Negrea undertook an internship with the Community Service Foundation and Buxton Academy in the U.S., and later pioneered a Community Service Foundation in Hungary.