1. 1. RJ inside/outside the criminal justice system
Restorative justice and domestic violence
Challenges for implementation
Factsheet: Denmark
1. RJ inside/outside the criminal justice system
Victim-offender mediation is additional to criminal procedures but can have an impact on sentencing
2. Laws & regulations
Law on victim-offender mediation since 2010 (LOV nr 467 af 12/06/2009)
3. Special organization in place
Victim-offender mediation comes under the National Police
4. Main referrers
Referrals by the police
IGVM - Brussels
Supported by the Criminal Justice
Programme of the European Union

2. 5. Professionals/lay persons
Restorative justice and domestic violence
Challenges for implementation
Factsheet: Denmark
5. Professionals/lay persons
Mediators are lay persons employed by the National Police
6. Training, specific for IPV
One week´s basic training. No further training for cases of intimate partner violence
7. Number of cases per year
About 50 cases
IGVM - Brussels
Supported by the Criminal Justice
Programme of the European Union