Western Criminology Review
Mark S. Umbreit
Mark Umbreit is Director of the Center for Restorative Justice & Mediation and the National Restorative Justice Training Institute and is an associate professor at the University of Minnesota School of Social Work, St. Paul Campus.
Dr. Umbreit is an internationally recognized trainer, mediator, author, and researcher in the field of restorative justice and mediation, with over twenty-five years of experience as a practitioner. He has been a featured speaker on restorative justice and mediation throughout the United States and in Canada, England, Belgium, Italy, Denmark, and China.
He has completed the first cross-national studies of victim-offender mediation in four United States cities, four provinces in Canada, and two cities in England.
Dr. Umbreit is the author of two leading books in the field, Victim Meets Offender: The Impact of Restorative Justice (1994) and Mediating Interpersonal Conflicts: A Pathway to Peace (1995). He has also authored numerous articles and monographs on restorative justice and mediation practice. He is a practicing mediator with expertise in facilitating victim sensitive mediation/dialogues with offenders in crimes of severe violence.
Contact information: Center for Restorative Justice and Mediation, School of Social Work, University of Minnesota.
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