Download or read book Juvenile Victim Offender Conferencing Pilot Program written by Jennifer Blevins and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Office of Dispute Resolution (ODR) within the Administrative Office of the Courts, Nebraska Judicial Branch, initiated the Juvenile Victime Offender Conferencing (VOC) Pilot Program as a means to address the negative impact of the deep immersion of youth the juvenile justice system. Research has shown that traditional criminal justice system responses to delinquent behavior not only is costly, but results in poor outcomes for youths and communities . . . . This project pilots juvenile victim offender conferencing (also known as victim offender mediation), which is an ADR [alternative dispute resolution] approach grounded in restorative justice principles. The pilot began in March 2015 and runs through July 2016. The pilot is being implemented in the 4th Judicial District's Douglas County Juvenile Court, the 3rd Judicial District's Lancaster County Juvenile Court and the 12th Judicial District's juvenile courts primarily in Scotts Bluff and Cheyenne counties. VOC is a strong evidence-based practice, with decades of research substantiating its proven successes to reduce youth recidivism, increase reparation and restitution to victims, and to be cost-effective" (page 4).