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Family mediation : facts, myths, and future prospects / Connie J.A. Beck, Bruce D. Sales.
- Title
- Family mediation : facts, myths, and future prospects / Connie J.A. Beck, Bruce D. Sales.
- Author
- Beck, Connie J.
- Publication
- Washington, DC : American Psychological, c2001.
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- Additional Authors
- Sales, Bruce Dennis.
- Description
- ix, 249 p.; 27 cm.
- Summary
- "In Family Mediation: Facts, Myths, and Future Prospects, Connie J.A. Beck and Bruce D. Sales trace the development of the field as well as current mediation practices and take a hard look at the consequences for families and the legal system. For families enduring divorce, it is presumed that mediating support, custody, and visitation issues is quicker, less expensive, and less painful than battling in court. But how valid are the claims of mediation's wide-ranging benefits? Borrowing from the experiences and methods of psychotherapy research, the authors offer an engaging, highly informative critique of family mediation practice and research to reveal the intricacies, inadequacies, and situations in which mediation is most effective. Legal and mental health scholars involved with families in divorce will gain a clear understanding of the substantial research needs and opportunities in the field and their implications for social policies."--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- The law and public policy
- Uniform Title
- The law and public policy.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-234) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Divorce Mediation Practice and Scholarship -- An Introduction to Divorce Mediation -- Methodological Limits in Mediation Research -- Assessing the Goals and Benefits of the Mediation Process -- Full Discussion of Concerns -- A Neutral Third Party as Mediator -- Reduced Adversarialness and Emotional Stability of Parents -- Increased Satisfaction of Disputants With Legal Procedures and Outcomes -- Increased Compliance With Court Orders -- Decreased Divorce Processing Costs -- New Directions for Mediation Research and Theory to Inform Policy and Practice -- Future Mediation Research -- Current Mediation Theory -- Future Mediation Theory.
- ISBN
- 1557987483 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^^00066507^
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library