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Family mediation: The development of the regulatory framework in the United Kingdom
Author(s) -
Roberts Marian
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
conflict resolution quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.323
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1541-1508
pISSN - 1536-5581
DOI - 10.1002/crq.118
Subject(s) - mediation , family mediation , intervention (counseling) , government (linguistics) , kingdom , political science , subject (documents) , government regulation , public administration , psychology , law , alternative dispute resolution , biology , library science , psychiatry , china , paleontology , linguistics , philosophy , computer science
Family mediation practice in the United Kingdom has been self‐regulated voluntarily from its early beginnings but more recently subject to government regulation with the advent of public funding for family mediation. The article traces the development of this regulatory framework, exploring some of the central tensions that have shaped the emergence of family mediation as a distinct and autonomous professional intervention.