rusjelRussian Journal of Economics and LawRussian Journal of Economics and Law2782-2923"TCE "Taglimat"" Ltd.10.21202/2782-2923.2022.2.399-420BPGGUUrusjel-2253Research ArticleПЕРЕВОДНЫЕ СТАТЬИTRANSLATED ARTICLESМедиация в уголовных мисдиминорахMediation in criminal misdemeanor casesЧаркудианЛ.CharkoudianL.

Лориг Чаркудиан, доктор философии, исполнительный директор, Центр медиации штата Мэриленд, член Палаты депутатов штата Мэриленд

г. Балтимор

Lorig Charkoudian, Ph.D., the executive director of Community Mediation Maryland, and a member of the Maryland House of Delegates

Baltimore

УолтерДж. Л.WalterJ.

Джейми Л. Уолтер, доктор философии, директор отдела научных и аналитических программ

г. Балтимор

Jamie Walter, Ph.D., the Research and Analysis Program Director at the Maryland Judiciary’s Administrative Office of the Courts

Baltimore

Хармон-ДэрроуК.Harmon-DarrowC.

Кэролайн Хармон-Дэрроу, доктор философии, магистр социальной работы, старший специалист программы по работе с местным сообществом в рамках Инициативы по профилактике рисков среди подростков в Балтиморской школе социальной работы

г. Балтимор

Caroline Harmon-Darrow, Ph.D., M.S.W., a Senior Community Program Specialist in the Prevention of Adolescent Risks Initiative at the University of Maryland, Baltimore School of Social Work, conducting research and training with the Maryland Human Trafficking Initiative

Baltimore

charmon@ssw.umaryland.eduБернштейнДж.BernsteinJ.

Джастин Бернштейн, доктор права, магистр наук, старший научный сотрудник отдела научных и аналитических программ

г. Балтимор

Justin Bernstein, J.D., M.S., a senior researcher in the Research and Analysis Program of Maryland’s Administrative Office of the Courts

Baltimore

 

Центр медиации штата МэрилендСоединённые Штаты АмерикиCommunity Mediation MarylandUnited StatesУправление судебных органов штата МэрилендСоединённые Штаты АмерикиMaryland JudiciaryUnited StatesМэрилендский университетСоединённые Штаты АмерикиUniversity of MarylandUnited States202208062022162399420Copyright © Чаркудиан Л., Уолтер Д.Л., Хармон-Дэрроу К., Бернштейн Д., 20222022Чаркудиан Л., Уолтер Д.Л., Хармон-Дэрроу К., Бернштейн Д.Charkoudian L., Walter J., Harmon-Darrow C., Bernstein J.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://www.rusjel.ru/jour/article/view/2253Цель

Цель: заполнение пробела в изучении краткосрочного и долгосрочного влияния медиации в местных сообществах на уголовные мисдиминоры в контексте потенциально продолжающихся взаимоотношений.

Методы

Методы: диалектический подход к познанию социальных явлений с использованием основанных на нем общенаучных и частнонаучных методов познания, включая телефонные опросы и изучение материалов дел.

Результаты

Результаты: переквалификация уголовных мисдиминоров на медиацию окружными прокурорами практикуется с 1970-х гг., однако влияние медиации на такие ключевые результаты этой процедуры, как рецидивизм, изучалось лишь в немногочисленных, уже устаревших работах. В настоящем квазиэкспериментальном исследовании проводится сравнение 78 дел с использованием медиации и 128 дел без использования медиации в двух близких по расположению и характеристикам округах. Было рассмотрено, отличается ли в течение последующего года уровень рецидивизма в делах с использованием медиации и с использованием обычной судебной процедуры. В исследовании учитывались характеристики дел и отношение к конфликту. В результате показано, что для дел без использования медиации в пять раз повышается вероятность судебного процесса, также в пять раз повышается вероятность требования суда присяжных, в десять раз повышается вероятность назначения испытательного срока под надзором или тюремного срока, тогда как в делах с использованием медиации почти в пять раз понижается вероятность участия в новом уголовном деле в течение последующего года.

Научная новизна

Научная новизна: предварительный анализ показал наличие следующих характеристик дел в группе, где проводилась медиация, и в группе сравнения: ответчики не были ранее осуждены за тяжкие преступления, не имели множественных исков за мисдиминоры, на них не были выписаны действующие ордеры на арест. Как правило, на медиацию не направляют дела, в которых фигурируют любые виды оружия, наркотики, а также нападения выше второй степени. 

Практическая значимость

Практическая значимость: основные положения и выводы статьи могут быть использованы в научной, педагогической и правоприменительной деятельности при рассмотрении вопросов, связанных с медиацией в уголовных мисдиминорах.

Впервые статья опубликована на английском языке в журнале Criminology, Criminal Justice, Law & Society and The Western Society of Criminology Hosting by Scholastica. По вопросам коммерческого использования обратитесь в редакцию журнала Criminology, Criminal Justice, Law & Society (CCJLS) и The Western Society of Criminology: CCJLS@WesternCriminology.org.

Цитирование оригинала статьи на английском: Charkoudian, L., Walter, J., Harmon-Darrow, C., Bernstein, J. (2021). Mediation in Criminal Misdemeanor Cases. Criminology, Criminal Justice, Law & Society, 22 (3), 14–29.

URL публикации

URL публикации: https://ccjls.scholasticahq.com/article/30144-mediation-in-criminal-misdemeanor-cases

Objective

Objective: to fill a research gap by examining the shortand long-term impact of community mediation in criminal misdemeanor cases within the context of potentially ongoing relationships.

Methods

Methods: dialectical approach to cognition of social phenomena, using the general scientific and specific scientific methods of cognition, based on it, including telephone polling and studying cases data.

Results

Results: Diversion of criminal misdemeanors to mediation by district attorneys has been practiced since the 1970s, but research on its impact on critical outcomes like recidivism is scant and outdated. This quasi-experimental study compares 78 mediated cases from a county that diverts cases to mediation with 128 cases in a similar neighboring county that does not, using phone surveys and case review to ask whether recidivism in mediated cases differs from cases prosecuted or treated as usual over the subsequent year. Controlling for case factors and attitudes toward conflict, a case that is not mediated was five times more likely to result in judicial action, five times more likely to result in jury trial demand, and ten times more likely to result in supervised probation or jail time, and mediated cases were almost five times less likely to return to criminal court in the subsequent year than those that were not mediated.

Scientific novelty

Scientific novelty: Preliminary analysis of case characteristics revealed that cases in the mediation and comparison group had the following characteristics: defendants had no prior felony convictions, did not have multiple misdemeanor charges, and had no outstanding warrants. Charges involving any type of weapon, drugs, or violence more serious than second degree assault had been excluded from the comparison group since they are usually excluded from diversion to mediation.

Practical significance

Practical significance: the main provisions and conclusions of the article can be used in scientific, pedagogical and law enforcement activities when considering the issues related to mediation in criminal misdemeanor cases.

The article was first published in English language by Criminology, Criminal Justice, Law & Society and The Western Society of Criminology Hosting by Scholastica. For more information please contact: CCJLS@WesternCriminology.org.

For original publication

For original publication: Charkoudian, L., Walter, J., Harmon-Darrow, C., Bernstein, J. (2021). Mediation in Criminal Misdemeanor

Cases

Cases. Criminology, Criminal Justice, Law & Society, 22 (3), 14–29.

Publication URL

Publication URL: https://ccjls.scholasticahq.com/article/30144-mediation-in-criminal-misdemeanor-cases

 

 

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