Abstract
By now, “Alternative Dispute Resolution"‐ or “ADR"‐ is fairly well documented in professional and academic writings. ADR has been a popular innovation insofar as the civil justice process is concerned; however, it is less in use in the criminal justice process. What follows is a survey of the criminal justice literature which has examined some forms of ADR in our American criminal justice process. This article considers what has been happening over the last two decades. After focusing upon a definition of “Alternative Dispute Resolution” and upon some of the more popular forms ADR takes, it acknowledges the roots of ADR in civil litigation and it recognizes the “community justice” phenomenon of the late 1970s and 1980s. It evinces the fact that both practitioners and scholars were taking notice of Alternative Dispute Resolution, discussing the work by Garofalo and Connelly as a prime example. It points to instances in which ADR has been a special‐issue topic, as well as the subject of evaluation and analysis. The article concludes with some pros and cons and a comment on its future in the criminal justice process.
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