NCJ Number
131794
Journal
Mediation Quarterly Volume: 7 Issue: 4 Dated: special issue (Summer 1990) Pages: complete issue
Editor(s)
P R Maida
Date Published
1990
Length
105 pages
Annotation
These seven papers focus on policy issues related to the use of mediation in cases of spouse abuse and examine research results and developing models of practice.
Abstract
Policy papers describe Connecticut's comprehensive policy for preventing family violence and addressing the needs of victims and are based on the view that violence and threats of violence are criminal acts and unacceptable behavior and classify societal responses to spouse abuse as coercive and controlling or empowering and compassionate. Additional papers discuss how the assumptions on which mediation is based are not valid in cases involving wife abuse; present a model of divorce mediation used at the Neighborhood Justice Center in Honolulu, Hawaii; and review research on the effects of domestic violence on children and its implications for custody and visitation agreements. Further papers describe innovative approaches to the practice of mediation and spouse abuse including the use of the Conflict Assessment Protocol and special procedures used by two divorce mediators in situations involving spouse abuse. Chapter reference lists and index