The preventive and rehabilitative dimensions of mediation in cases involving minors

Defining concepts such as prevention and rehabilitation rarely poses any problems. Nevertheless, they can be explained from different perspectives, which directly translates into the selection of appropriate methods of exerting influence on the subjects. Among these, minors are a special group of rehabilitation pupils, given the greater opportunity to exert educational influence on them than on adult offenders. Mediation can be understood as a way to facilitate their social reintegration and preventing certain dysfunctions in the field of psychosocial functioning. Therefore, attempts have been made to isolate the advantages of mediation in cases involving minors, thus emphasizing its importance in the process of rehabilitation of young people violating legal norms.

Defining concepts such as prevention and rehabilitation rarely poses any problems. Nevertheless, they can be explained from different perspectives, which directly translates into the selection of appropriate methods of exerting influence on the subjects. Among these, minors are a special group of rehabilitation pupils, given the greater opportunity to exert educational influence on them than on adult offenders. Mediation can be understood as a way to facilitate their social reintegration and preventing certain dysfunctions in the field of psychosocial functioning. Therefore, attempts have been made to isolate the advantages of mediation in cases involving minors, thus emphasizing its importance in the process of rehabilitation of young people violating legal norms.