Confidentiality and victim offender mediation victim offender mediation is increasingly used around the world as a way of dealing with crime the growing attention for victim offender mediation and its benefits has instigated the call for principles and rules governing the practice of penal mediation this has led to the. 2 victim offender mediation 16 21 introduction 16 22 victim offender mediation as a diversionary measure 18 23 victim offender mediation as part of regular court proceedings 22 24 victim offender mediation after conviction and sentencing 26 25 conclusion 28 3 standards for victim offender mediation 30 31 introduction 30. Book description this book documents the state of the art on victim offender mediation with youth offenders in 15 european nations austria belgium england and wales finland france germany hungary ireland italy luxembourg the netherlands norway poland spain sweden it provides an up do date review of current theory and practice . And facilitate the institutionalization and use of victim offender mediation one of the key elements of these protocols is the principle of confidentiality which requires the secrecy of everything that is said and done during a mediation session confidentiality and victim offender mediation victim offender mediation is increasingly used around