Genoprettende retfærdighed og recidiv i Danmark

En evaluering af den danske model med konfliktrådsmægling har ikke kunnet påvise, at deltagelse i konfliktråd mindsker gerningspersonens risiko for ny kriminalitet. På denne baggrund er der igangsat et randomiseret kontrolleret forsøg med ”restorative justice conferences”, der er en mere inkluderende og fremtidsorienteret form for genoprettende retfærdighed, som internationalt har vist en kriminalpræventiv effekt

The internalization of and defiance against rules within prison : the role of correctional officers’ autonomy-supportive and controlling communication style as perceived by prisoners

While incarcerated, prisoners are subject to a vast number of rules. Drawing upon self-determination theory, the present study examined whether prisoners’ perceptions of the degree to which prison officers communicate rules in an autonomysupportive or controlling way related to prisoners’ internalization of and defiance against rules, and whether this, in turn, related to their (mal)adaptive functioning in prison. Participants were 156 Belgian prisoners (Mage=38.60; SD=11.68, 88.5% male) who filled out questionnaires concerning the study variables. Associations were tested using structural equation modeling. Results showed that, whereas a higher level of perceived autonomy-supportive communication style related via greater internalization of rules to prisoners’ higher quality of life, a perceived controlling style was positively related to aggression and irritation vis-à-vis prison officers. Additional analyses suggested that an alternative model, where prisoners’ maladaptive functioning is predictive of higher levels of perceived controlling communication, is equally valid

Duration of Mentoring Relationship Predicts Child Well-Being : Evidence from a Danish Community-Based Mentoring Program

While a substantial body of literature suggests that lasting community mentoring relationships can have a range of positive effects on youths, little is known about these effects in the Nordic welfare context, where community mentees may have lower risk profiles compared to many previous samples. This study explores how the duration (length) of child mentoring relationships predicts parental perceptions of child well-being among 197 children served by Denmark's most extensive community-based youth mentoring program. We find that children who have had a mentor for at least one year are perceived to have significantly higher well-being. In contrast, we find no significant differences in well-being between children who had mentors for less than one year and children on a waiting list. Previous research, conducted in primarily North American contexts, finds that longer mentoring relationships substantially improve school behavior and reduce risk taking. Our results add to the literature by indicating that a minimum mentoring relationship duration of one year appears to be similarly important in promoting well-being for youths involved in community-based mentoring programs in a Nordic welfare context