WHY PARTIES AGREE TO MEDIATE |
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| Authors: | Allan E Barsky |
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| Institution: | Allan E. Barsky is an assistant professor at the University of Calgary, Faculty of Social Work, and a past president of the Ontario Association for Family Mediation. His background is in social work and law, and he conducted an extensive study of child protection mediation for his doctoral thesis. |
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| Abstract: | Although proponents of mediation have identified various advantages of mediation over other dispute resolution processes, utilization rates for many mediation services remain far below the expectations of their benefactors. This naturalistic inquiry explores why clients of child protection mediation actually chose to participate in mediation, and identifies differences with proponents' views of what makes mediation desirable. |
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