Christoph Willms | „There is a lot of untapped potential in victim-offender mediation“

Christoph Willms is Head of the Service Office for Victim-Offender Mediation and Conflict Resolution of the DBH-Fachverband e.V., the German central office for the promotion of conflict mediation in criminal cases, which is funded by the Federal Ministry of Justice. As a qualified social worker and criminologist, he previously worked in various prisons in North Rhine-Westphalia, among other places. He knows only too well from theory and practice that inflicting further suffering does not help anyone. Participation, communication and ‚genuine‘ acceptance of responsibility, on the other hand, can create a framework in which mutual understanding, joint clarification and any efforts to make amends can contribute to restoring social peace. In this episode of the podcast, he explains what this can look like in practice for both minor and serious injuries.