The Ongoing Debate about Mediation in the Context of Domestic Violence: A Call for Empirical Studies of Mediation Effectiveness
By Susan Landrum, February 8, 2012
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The author focuses on the roughly three-decades-old debate on whether mediation is an appropriate form of family dispute resolution when the parties involved have a history of domestic violence. The article suggests there is an effective method of using mediation to solve such family disputes but claims not enough research is available to determine what the best practices are for mediating these family disputes. A potential study is proposed to provide information on the effectiveness of mediation between parties with a history of domestic violence.
