Divorce Mediation Practice and Scholarship -- An Introduction to Divorce Mediation -- Methodological Limits in Mediation Research -- Assessing the Goals and Benefits of the Mediation Process -- Full Discussion of Concerns -- A Neutral Third Party as Mediator -- Reduced Adversarialness and Emotional Stability of Parents -- Increased Satisfaction of Disputants With Legal Procedures and Outcomes -- Increased Compliance With Court Orders -- $t Decreased Divorce Processing Costs -- New Directions for Mediation Research and Theory to Inform Policy and Practice -- Future Mediation Research -- Current Mediation Theory -- Future Mediation Theory.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-232) and indexes.