Mark S. Umbreit
Director, Center for Restorative
Justice and Peacemaking
Professor
Office: 289 Peters Hall
Phone: (612) 625-7726
E-mail: mumbreit@umn.edu
Mailing address: 105 Peters Hall
Degrees & Institutions
Ph.D., Social Work, University of Minnesota, 1988
M.P.A., Indiana University Northwest, 1978
Interest Areas
Restorative justice, indigenous justice & healing, human rights,
victim services, criminal/juvenile justice, peacemaking, spirituality,
forgiveness, reconciliation, mediation, conflict resolution, and, social
change.
Current Research
- The Impact of Capital Punishment on the Healing of Family Survivors of Homicide Victims.
- Community Peacemaking Project: Responding to Hate Crimes and Intolerance Through Restorative Justice Dialogue.
- The Impact of Victim Sensitive Offender Dialogue in Crimes of Severe Violence.
- An Evaluation of Implementing Restorative Justice and Victim Offender Mediation in Six Regions of Ukraine.
Recent Publications
Umbreit, M.S. (2006). Mediating Interpersonal Conflicts:
Peacemaking
Approaches in Relationships, Families, Workplaces, and
Communities.
Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers.
Umbreit, M.S. & Ritter, R. (2006). Arab offenders meet Jewish victim:
Restorative family dialogue in Israel. Conflict Resolution
Quarterly.
Vol. 9(1): 99-109.
Umbreit, M.S., Vos, B., Coates, R.B. and Armour, M. (2006). "Victims
of
severe violence in mediated dialogue with offender: The
impact of
the first multi-site study in the U.S." International
Review of
Victimology. Vol. 13(1): 27-48.
Umbreit, M.S. & Burns, H.(2006). Humanistic mediation: "Peacemaking
grounded in core social work values." Italian Journal of
Sociology and
Political Science. Vol. 9: 93-104.
Umbreit, M.S. (2006). "Mindfulness, deep listening, & stories: The
spiritual core of peacemaking." ACR Journal.
Umbreit, M.S, (2006). Victim offender mediation: An evolving
evidence-
based practice. In Sullivan and Tift (Eds.) The Handbook
of
Restorative Justice.
Peterson Armour, M. & Umbreit, M.S. (2006). Victim offender mediation
and forensic social work. In Forensic Social Work in
Juvenile and
Criminal Justice Settings: Evidence-Based Handbook.
Abrams, L. & Umbreit, M.S. (2006). "Youthful offenders response to
victim offender conferencing in Washington County, MN."
Contemporary Justice Review. Vol.9(3): 243-256.
Bradshaw, W., Roseborough, & Umbreit, M.S. (2006). "The effect of
victim offender mediation on juvenile offender recidivism: A
meta-
analysis." Conflict Resolution Quarterly, Vol. 24(1):
87-98.
Coates, R.B., Umbreit, M.S., & Vos, B. (2006). "Responding to hate
crimes through restorative justice dialogue." Contemporary
Justice
Review, Vol. 9(1): 7-21.
Peterson Armour, M. & Umbreit, M.S. (2006). "Victim forgiveness in
restorative justice dialogue." Victims & Offenders:
Journal of
Evidenced-Based Policies and Practices, Vol. 1 (2):
123-140.
Peterson Armour, M. & Umbreit, M.S. (2006). "Exploring closure and
the
ultimate penal sanction for survivors of homicide victims."
Federal
Sentencing Report. Vol. 19(2): 105-112.
Peterson-Armour, M. & Umbreit, M.S. (2005). The paradox of
forgiveness in restorative justice. In E. Worthington (Ed.),
Handbook
of Forgiveness.
Umbreit, M.S., Coates R.B. and Vos, B. (2005). Victim offender
mediation: Evidence-based practice over three decades. In
The
Handbook on Dispute Resolution, Josey-Bas.
Umbreit, M.S., Coates R.B. and Vos, B. (2005). Victim offender
mediated
dialogue: Three decades of practice and research. In P.
Herman
(Ed.), The Blackwell Handbook on Mediation : A Guide to
Effective
Negotiation. Blackwell Publishing.
Umbreit, M.S. (2005). Victim offender mediation in criminal and
juvenile
courts. In Judge's Handbook on Alternative Dispute
Resolution,
American Bar Association.
Lightfoot, E. & Umbreit, M.S. (2005). "An analysis of statutory
provisions
for victim-offender mediation." Criminal Justice Policy
Review. Vol. 15
(4): 418-436.
Umbreit, M.S., Vos, B., & Coates, R.B. (2005). "Restorative justice
in the
21st century: A social movement full of opportunities and
pitfalls."
Marquette University Law Review. Vol. 89(2): 251-304.
Umbreit, M.S., Coates R.B. and Vos, B. (2004). The Impact of victim
offender mediation: Two decades of research. In P. Kratcoski
(Ed.),
Correctional Counseling and Treatment. Long Grove,
Illinois:
Waveland Press.
Umbreit, M.S. (2004). Restorative justice. In J. Smykla (Ed.),
Corrections in the Twenty-First Century
Bazemore, G. & Umbreit, M.S. (2004). Balanced and restorative
justice:
Prospects for juvenile justice in the 21st century. In A.
Roberts
(Ed.), Juvenile Justice Sourcebook. Oxford: University
Press.
Coates, R.B., Umbreit, M.S., and Vos, B. (2004) "Systemic change
toward restorative justice in Washington County, Minnesota."
Federal
Probation Journal.
Umbreit, M.S., Coates, R.B., & Vos, B. (2004). The impact of victim
offender mediation: Three decades of practice and research."
Conflict Resolution Journal.
Nugent W., Williams, M. & Umbreit, M.S. (2004). "Participation in
victim
offender mediation and the severity of re-offense: A
Meta-Analysis."
Research in Social Work Practice.
Umbreit, M.S., Coates, R.B., & Vos, B. (2004). "Restorative versus
community justice: Clarifying a muddle or generating
confusion."
Contemporary Justice Review.
Bradshaw, W. & Umbreit, M.S. (2004). "Victim satisfaction with
juvenile
offender dialogue: Results from a four-site study." Child
and
Adolescent Social Work.
Lightfoot, E. & Umbreit, M.S. (2004). "An analysis of statutory
provisions
for victim-offender mediation." Criminal Justice Policy
Review.
Abrams, L. & Umbreit, M.S. (2004). "Youthful offenders response to
victim offender conferencing in Washington County, MN."
Contemporary Justice Review.
Umbreit, M.S., Bradshaw, W. and Coates, R.B. (2003). Victims of
severe
violence in dialogue with offenders: Key principles,
outcomes, and
implications. In E. Weitekamp and H. Kerner(Eds.),
Restorative
Justice in Context: International Practice and Directions.
Portland,
OR: Willan Publishing.
Bradshaw, W. & Umbreit, M.S. (2003). "Assessing satisfaction with
victim services: The development and use of the victim
satisfaction
with offender dialogue scale." International Review of
Victimology.
Bradshaw, W., Umbreit, M.S., Coates, R.B. & Armour, M. (2003).
"Family
survivors of homicide meet the offender: A case study in
mediated
dialogue." Homicide Studies.
Umbreit, M.S., Coates, R.B., & Vos, B. (2003). "Community justice
through circles." Contemporary Justice Review.
Umbreit, M.S., Lewis, T. & Burns, H. (2003). Community response to a
9/11 hate crime: Restorative justice through dialogue.
Contemporary
Justice Review.
Nugent W., Williams, M. & Umbreit, M.S. (2003). "Participation in
victim-
offender mediation and the prevalence of subsequent
delinquent
behavior: A meta-analysis." Utah Law Review
Umbreit, M.S., Vos, B., Coates, R.B., & Brown, K. (2003). Facing
Violence: The Path of Restorative Justice & Dialogue,
Monsey, NY:
Criminal Justice Press.
Umbreit, A. & Umbreit, M.S. (2002). Pathways to Spirituality &
Healing:
Embracing Life in the Face of Severe Illness. Fairview
Press.
Umbreit, M.S., Coates, R.B. & B.Vos (2002). The impact of restorative
justice conferencing: A multi-national perspective.
British Journal of
Community Justice
Umbreit, M.S. & Bradshaw, W. (2002). Factors that contribute to
victim
satisfaction with mediated offender dialogue in Winnipeg: An
emerging area of social work practice. Journal of Law and
Social
Work.
Umbreit, M.S. (2001).The Handbook on Victim Offender Mediation: An
Essential Guide for Practice and Research. San Francisco:
Jossey-
Bass.
Umbreit, M.S. (2001). Restorative justice. In J. Dressler (Ed.),
Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice. New York: Macmillan
Reference.
Umbreit, M.S. (2001). Restorative justice and mediation. In T. Gray
(Ed.), Exploring Corrections (Pp. 322-330). Boston:
Allen and Bacon.
Umbreit, M.S., Coates R.B. and Vos, B. (2001). Victim impact of
meeting
with young offenders: Two decades of victim offender
mediation
practice and research. In A. Morris & G. Maxwell (Eds.),
Restorative
Justice Practice & Research: New Zealand Publisher.
Umbreit, M.S. Coates. R.B., and Vos, B. (2001). The impact of victim
offender mediation: Two decades of research. Federal
Probation
Nugent, W.R., M.S. Umbreit, L. Wiinamaki and J. Paddock (2001).
Participation in victim offender mediation and re-offense:
Successful
replications? Journal of Research on Social Work Practice,
11(1),5-
23.
Umbreit, M.S., Coates, R.B. and Vos, B. (2001). Restorative justice
circles: The impact of community involvement. Perspectives.
Umbreit, M.S., Coates, R.B. and Roberts, A.W. (2000). The Impact of
Victim Offender Mediation: A Cross-National Perspective.
Mediation
Quarterly, 18(3).
Umbreit, M.S. & Vos, B., (2000). Homicide survivors meet the offender
prior to execution: restorative justice through dialogue.
Homicide
Studies 4(1), 63-87.