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1. POLICE MEDIATION IN LITHUANIA:
EXPERIENCE OF WORK WITH YOUTH
OFFENDERS
Judita Venckevičienė,
Rokas Uscila
26th Baltic Criminological Seminar
“Social Inclusion: Preventive Measures of Children’s Anti-social Behaviour”
2013 November 27-28

2. Beginning
• 2010
• Lithuanian Police department
in cooperation with partners:
• Centre for Crime Prevention in Lithuania
• Country Police in Blekinge (Sweden)
• Municipality of Karlskrona (Sweden)

3. "Strengthening of police capabilities
aimed at prevention of juvenile
delinquency through the implementation
of the restorative justice model"

4. The aim of project
To train police officers in particular regions to
apply Restorative Justice methods in theirs
work.

5. Why police mediation?

6. What kind of disputes?
juvenile offences (minor, first time);
public and community disputes;
domestic situation not involving violence;
interpersonal disputes in which there are no
grounds to arrest;
• disputes over property;
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7. Survey
Methods:
• Police officers poll during the last trainingsupervision session.
• October-December of 2012.
• Standardize questionnaire:
– close,
– open,
– close/open questions.
• In survey participated 148 police officers.

8. Results

9. Distribution of solved conflicts by mediation

10. Distribution of solved conflicts by mediation

11. Distribution of solved conflicts by mediation

13. Possible benefits of mediation in
Lithuanian police activities

15. Conclusion
• Victim-offender mediation is already applicable in the police
activity;
• In police officers view mediation could increase people
confidence in police and mediation will be better way for quick
conflict resolution for both side of dispute;
• However currently mediation is not legitimised:
– Lack of mediation in legal framework (no legal regulation),
– There is no mediation in police officers job descriptions,
not defined in evaluation of current workload.

16. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
judita.venckeviciene@teise.org