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AN EVALUATION OF CHILD PROTECTION MEDIATION IN FIVE CALIFORNIA COURTS
Author(s) -
Thoennes Nancy
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
family court review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.171
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 1744-1617
pISSN - 1531-2445
DOI - 10.1111/j.174-1617.1997.tb00458.x
Subject(s) - adjudication , mediation , variety (cybernetics) , service (business) , psychology , law , process (computing) , political science , criminology , business , computer science , marketing , artificial intelligence , operating system
This article presents the results of an evaluation of five California counties utilizing court‐based mediation services to process child maltreatment cases filed with the court. The programs employed a variety of different service delivery approaches and targeted cases at a variety of different stages of case processing. The results indicate that mediation is an effective method of resolving cases and may offer a number of benefits over adjudication, including more detailed treatment plans and fewer contested court hearings.