The Institute for Mediation and Conflict Resolution (IMCR) was established as a means of resolving community disputes by applying the mediation techniques used in labor-management conflicts. The major emphases of the IMCR are on ad-hoc mediation, the building of dispute settlement systems, and mediation and negotiation training. (JCD)

The Community Relations Service of the United States Department of Justice assists in the voluntary settlement of race-related disputes. The service is provided for prison administrators, private agencies, community groups, law enforcement agencies, school officials and parents organizations, business and industry leaders, and federal, state, and…

Conflict intervention employs an outside party to influence the outcome of a conflict by applying negotiation, conciliation, mediation, and arbitration. Originally used in labor-management disputes, these techniques have been applied in family and neighborhood disputes, in provider-consumer disputes, and in environmental and international…

Describes initiatives of the Community Relations Service, a Justice Department agency, to mediate disputes involving the following areas: (1) minority community reaction to authorities' handling of drug and street gang activity; (2) racial conflict in higher education; (3) acts of racial hate or violence; (4) voting districts and redistricting;…