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Giving police and courts a break: The effect of community mediation on decreasing the use of police and court resources
Author(s) -
Charkoudian Lorig
Publication year - 2010
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.20017
Subject(s) - mediation , law enforcement , enforcement , psychology , selection (genetic algorithm) , selection bias , social psychology , law , criminology , political science , computer science , statistics , mathematics , artificial intelligence
Abstract This study examines the effect of mediation on the use of court and police resources. Using self‐reported data on cases that were mediated compared to cases not mediated, this research finds that participants in mediated cases are likely to decrease their use of court and law enforcement after mediation compared to participants in cases not mediated. This study uses the Heckman two‐step model to respond to the possibility of selection bias and finds that the effect of mediation holds true even when accounting for possible selection bias.