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Some believe it is quicker, less expensive, and less painful to mediate support, custody, and visitation issues rather than battle over them in court. But how valid are the claims of meditation's wide-ranging benefits? Family Mediation traces the development of the field of mediation and discusses the state of current practices.

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• Acknowledgments(p. ix)
• I. Divorce Mediation Practice and Scholarship(p. 1)
• Chapter 1. An Introduction to Divorce Mediation(p. 3)
• Chapter 2. Methodological Limits in Mediation Research(p. 21)
• II. Assessing the Goals and Benefits of the Mediation Process(p. 25)
• Chapter 3. Full Discussion of Concerns(p. 27)
• Chapter 4. A Neutral Third Party as Mediator(p. 41)
• Chapter 5. Reduced Adversarialness and Emotional Stability of Parents(p. 57)
• Chapter 6. Increased Satisfaction of Disputants With Legal Procedures and Outcomes(p. 77)
• Chapter 7. Increased Compliance With Court Orders(p. 91)
• Chapter 8. Decreased Divorce Processing Costs(p. 99)
• III. New Directions for Mediation Research and Theory to Inform Policy and Practice(p. 123)
• Chapter 9. Future Mediation Research(p. 125)
• Chapter 10. Current Mediation Theory(p. 167)
• Chapter 11. Future Mediation Theory(p. 181)
• References(p. 205)
• Table of Authorities(p. 233)
• Author Index(p. 235)
• Subject Index(p. 243)
• About the Authors(p. 249)

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Bruce D. Sales, Ph.D. J.D. is director of The Psychology, Policy and Law Program at the University of Arizona, Tucson, where he is also a professor of psychology, psychiatry, sociology, and law.