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Mark S. Umbreit is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States and specializes in social sciences with a focus on criminal justice and corrections analysis. Their research encompasses topics including psychopathy, forensic psychiatry, sexual offending, and crime patterns and interventions.

Their publication record includes papers appearing in venues such as the Asian Journal of Criminology and The International Journal of Restorative Justice. Notable recent publications are:

  • Restorative Justice (XIU-FU-SHI-SI-FA) in Taiwan: Traditional Practices and Modern Developments, 2022, Asian Journal of Criminology
  • Humanity and Risk in Restorative Justice: Reflections from the United States, 2025, The International Journal of Restorative Justice

Frequent collaborators in their work include Lanying Huang, Chuen-Jim Sheu, Yi-Fen Lu, and Yi-Chun Yu.

The principal fields of study in their work cover social sciences broadly, with subfields focusing on sociology and political science as well as clinical psychology.

Main topics of Mark S. Umbreit's research are:

  • Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
  • Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
  • Crime Patterns and Interventions

Best Publications

  • Victim Meets Offender: The Impact of Restorative Justice and Mediation

    Mark S. Umbreit;Robert B. Coates;Boris Kalanj

  • The Handbook of Victim Offender Mediation: An Essential Guide to Practice and Research

    Mark S. Umbreit

  • Rethinking the Sanctioning Function in Juvenile Court: Retributive or Restorative Responses to Youth Crime

    Gordon Bazemore;Mark Umbreit

  • Restorative justice in the twenty-first century : A social movement full of opportunities and pitfalls

    Elizabeth B. Lightfoot;M. Umbreit;B. Vos;R. Coates

  • Restorative Justice Dialogue: An Essential Guide for Research and Practice

    Mark S. Umbreit;Marilyn Peterson Armour

  • Restorative justice through victim offender mediation: A multi-site assessment

    Mark S. Umbreit

  • Victim‐offender mediation: Three decades of practice and research

    Mark S. Umbreit;Robert B. Coates;Betty Vos

  • Crime victims seeking fairness, not revenge: Toward restorative justice.

    Mark S. Umbreit

  • Cross-Site Analysis of Victim-Offender Mediation in Four States

    Mark S. Umbreit;Robert B. Coates

  • Facing Violence: The Path of Restorative Justice and Dialogue

    Mark S. Umbreit

  • A Comparison of Four Restorative Conferencing Models. Juvenile Justice Bulletin.

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  • The effect of victim offender mediation on juvenile offender recidivism: A meta‐analysis

    William Bradshaw;David Roseborough;Mark S. Umbreit

  • Avoiding the marginalization and “McDonaldization” of victim offender mediation: A case study in moving toward the mainstream

    Mark S. Umbreit

  • Humanistic mediation: A transformative journey of peacemaking

    Mark S. Umbreit

  • Participation in Victim-Offender Mediation and Reoffense: Successful Replications?:

    William R. Nugent;Mark S. Umbreit;Lizabeth Wiinamaki;Jeff Paddock

  • Homicide Survivors Meet the Offender Prior to Execution: Restorative Justice through Dialogue

    Mark S. Umbreit;Betty Vos

  • National survey of victim‐offender mediation programs in the United States

    Mark S. Umbreit;Jean Greenwood

  • The impact of victim-offender mediation: Two decades of research

    Mark S. Umbreit;Robert B. Coates;Betty Vos

  • Restorative justice circles: An exploratory study

    Roberts Coates;Mark Umbreit;Betty Vos

  • Restorative Justice Dialogue: A Multi‐Dimensional, Evidence‐Based Practice Theory

    Mark S. Umbreit;Robert B. Coates;Betty Vos

  • Participation in Victim-Offender Mediation and the Prevalence of Subsequent Delinquent Behavior: A Meta-Analysis

    William R. Nugent;Mona Williams;Mark S. Umbreit

  • Restorative Justice Dialogue

    Mark S. Umbreit

  • The Handbook of Victim Offender Mediation: An Essential Guide to Practice and Research (Translated in Japanese)

    Mark S. Umbreit

Frequent Co-Authors

Laura S. Abrams
Laura S. Abrams University of California, Los Angeles

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