Mid South Mediation Services

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Benefits To The Victim

The victim is given the rare opportunity of confronting the offender. This face-to-face meeting in the presence of a trained volunteer mediator allows the victims to express feelings of frustration, hurt and anger and what they need to heal the wrong.

Reduction of fears; questions answered

Real voice in criminal justice system

Opportunity to be a reconciler

Opportunity to affect positively the life of the offender

Benefits To The Offender

The offender is held personally accountable by the reconciliation process and able to learn the human dimension of the crime.

Realizes the consequences of action

Participates in criminal justice system in a restorative way

Expresses remorse; asks for forgiveness

Makes amends to victim and community

Benefits To The Community

Community mediation particularly in neighbor disputes makes more sense than using the courts and is free of charge. Working in the schools teaching peer mediation, conflict resolution and anger management has helped significantly with behavior problems according to feedback.
Perhaps even more important, a reconciliation program in a community strengthens the teaching of nonviolent techniques to resolve conflicts. Everyone connected with the reconciliation process - the victim, offender, and mediator - usually leave the experience feeling moved by the empowerment that occurs through the mediation process. Righting the wrong in this way is the basis of the global trend toward restorative justice.

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Mid South Mediation Services is a nonprofit organization and does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, gender, or physical ability.

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** The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed on this website are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Justice or the Tennessee Office of Criminal Justice Programs. **