Conflict Resolution in the Field: Assessing the Past, Charting the Future Conflict Resolution Quarterly, Volume 22, Number 1 - 2, Fall / Winter 2004

by Jones, Tricia S.

• ISBN13: 9780787977832
• ISBN10: 0787977837
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-12-31
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

A special Double Issue of Conflict Resolution QuarterlyA much needed resource for scholars and practitioners, this special double issue provides the first comprehensive review of conflict management and dispute resolution effectiveness in seven key areas of conflict resolution practice: Family Mediation Court Mediation Community Mediation Workplace Dispute Resolution Environmental Conflict Resolution Conflict Resolution Education Victim Offender Mediation and Restorative Justice Research from the field is presented with special attention to how program structures affect outcomes of these practices and helps practitioners answer the question, "Does it work?" Each review article is followed by commentaries from noted scholar-practitioners in each area of practice that help readers consider the questions, "How well does it work?" and "What are our next steps?" Contributors include:Terry Amsler, Ariel C. Avgar, Linda Baron, Jennifer Batton, Lisa B. Bingham, Robert B. Coates, E. Franklin Dukes, Kirk Emerson, Timothy Hedeen, Tricia S. Jones, Joan B. Kelly, John Lande, David B. Lipsky, Rosemary O'Leary, Donald T. Saposnek, Mark S. Umbreit, Betty Vos, Roselle L. Wissler, and Howard Zehr. This is the 22nd Volume, Issues 1-2 of the quarterly Jossey-Bass journal Conflict Resolution Quarterly.

Author Biography

Tricia S. Jones is the editor of Conflict Resolution in the Field: Assessing the Past, Charting the Future: Conflict Resolution Quarterly, Volume 22, Number 1 - 2, Fall / Winter 2004, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

Editor's Introduction	1	(2)
REVIEW ARTICLES AND COMMENTARIES
Family Mediation Research: Is There Empirical Support for the Field?	3	(34)
Joan B. Kelly
Commentary: The Future of the History of Family Mediation Research	37	(18)
Donald T. Saposnek
The Effectiveness of Court-Connected Dispute Resolution in Civil Cases	55	(34)
Roselle L. Wissler
Commentary: Focusing on Program Design Issues in Future Research on Court-Connected Mediation	89	(12)
John Lande
The Evolution and Evaluation of Community Mediation: Limited Research Suggests Unlimited Progress	101	(34)
Timothy Hedeen
Commentary: The Case for the Field of Community Mediation	135	(10)
Linda Baron
Employment Dispute Resolution: The Case for Mediation	145	(30)
Lisa B. Bingham
Commentary: Research on Employment Dispute Resolution: Toward a New Paradigm	175	(16)
David B. Lipsky
Ariel C. Avgar
What We Know About Environmental Conflict Resolution: An Analysis Based on Research	191	(30)
E. Franklin Dukes
Commentary: Comment on Frank Dukes's ``What We Know About Environmental Conflict Resolution''	221	(12)
Kirk Emerson
Rosemary O'Leary
Lisa B. Bingham
Conflict Resolution Education: The Field, the Findings, and the Future	233	(36)
Tricia S. Jones
Commentary: Considering Conflict Resolution Education: Next Steps for Institutionalization	269	(10)
Jennifer Batton
Victim-Offender Mediation: Three Decades of Practice and Research	279	(26)
Mark S. Umbreit
Robert B. Coates
Betty Vos
Commentary: Restorative Justice: Beyond Victim-Offender Mediation	305	(12)
Howard Zehr
FINAL COMMENTS
From the Funder's Perspective	317
Terry Amsler