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A quantitative analysis of the effectiveness of community mediation in decreasing repeat police calls for service
Author(s) -
Charkoudian Lorig
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.126
Subject(s) - mediation , service (business) , psychology , criminology , social psychology , political science , business , law , marketing
Abstract This research measures the effect of community mediation on decreasing repeat police calls for service. These results suggest that community mediation reduces repeat police calls to conflict situations. Issues of selection bias and the life cycle of conflict are addressed.