Research On The Victim-offender Reconciliation System

Victim-offender-reconciliation is one of criminal-case-resolving modes which come into being under the principle of restorative justice in western society. Its key thought is generated from the criminal ideology of restorative justice. The emergence of the system of victim-offender-reconciliation has made out a brand-new method of resolving criminal cases. There are more and more discussions on victim-offender-reconciliation in Chinese legal profession in recent years.At the beginning, the author focuses on the notion and value of victim-offender-reconciliation, and discusses the theoretical foundation of victim-offender-reconciliation from the perspective of the ideal development of restorative justice.The author gives a discussion to the rise-up of victim-offender-reconciliation in our nation's judicial practice. The author argues that the rise-up of victim-offender-reconciliation has its social background. The reason for which this system works in the actual Chinese judicial system is that this system is harmonious with our tradition, our resource, our system and our policy.The author emphatically observes the practical situation of victim-offender-reconciliation in the Pre-Prosecution, and summarizes the scope and the procedure of its application. At the same time, the author analyzes the difficulties in its application and tries to find out a resolution. The author concludes that the practical and academic obstacles to its application are not impossible to resolve, the system of victim-offender-reconciliation shall become an important supplement to our nation's traditional judicial mode.