Kealamakani
Promoting well-being....
Victim-Offender Dialogues...
...is a facilitated discussion between a victim and their offender in the aftermath of a particular crime or offense. The confidential dialogue occurs after a thoughtful, victim-sensitive preparation process for both the victim and the offender. Victim-Offender Dialogues have been conducted for a wide range of offenses - from relatively minor offenses (i.e., trespassing, shoplifting, vandalism) up to and including crimes involving acts of severe violence (i.e., felonious assault, manslaughter, sexual assault, attempted homicide, and homicide).
Client Testimonial:
“Our Victim-Offender Dialogue meeting was incredible. i was so in awe of what had transpired that evening, that I had a hard time coming down from it even hours later. I felt like I had been witness to, and part of, something that was truly bigger than myself. I so appreciated having the facilitator taking my incoherent mumblings and repeating them back in actual, meaningful sentences, too! Dr. Acquaro is an amazing mediator, and I deeply appreciate everything he did for all of us that evening.” Ms. L.N. (Victim)
About Franco Acquaro, Ph.D.:
- Author of Forgiveness in the Wake of Severe Violence (2007)
- Trained and mentored in Advanced Victim-Offender Dialogues in Cases of Severe Violence by Mark Umbreit, Ph.D. (Founder & Director of the Center for Restorative Justice & Peacemaking)
- Member of Victim-Offender Mediation Association
...is a facilitated discussion between a victim and their offender in the aftermath of a particular crime or offense. The confidential dialogue occurs after a thoughtful, victim-sensitive preparation process for both the victim and the offender. Victim-Offender Dialogues have been conducted for a wide range of offenses - from relatively minor offenses (i.e., trespassing, shoplifting, vandalism) up to and including crimes involving acts of severe violence (i.e., felonious assault, manslaughter, sexual assault, attempted homicide, and homicide).
Client Testimonial:
“Our Victim-Offender Dialogue meeting was incredible. i was so in awe of what had transpired that evening, that I had a hard time coming down from it even hours later. I felt like I had been witness to, and part of, something that was truly bigger than myself. I so appreciated having the facilitator taking my incoherent mumblings and repeating them back in actual, meaningful sentences, too! Dr. Acquaro is an amazing mediator, and I deeply appreciate everything he did for all of us that evening.” Ms. L.N. (Victim)
About Franco Acquaro, Ph.D.:
- Author of Forgiveness in the Wake of Severe Violence (2007)
- Trained and mentored in Advanced Victim-Offender Dialogues in Cases of Severe Violence by Mark Umbreit, Ph.D. (Founder & Director of the Center for Restorative Justice & Peacemaking)
- Member of Victim-Offender Mediation Association