The Implementation of Alternative Justice Policies through Dispute Mediation of the Office of Justice Court in Region 6

Abstract

          The purposes of this research are 1)to study the success of implementing the alternative justice policy using the mediation method of the Office of the Court of Justice, Region 6,  2) to study the factors affecting the success of the implementation of the alternative justice policy using the mediation method, and 3) to propose the guidelines for promoting or supporting the implementation of alternative justice policies using dispute mediation method. This is a quantitative and qualitative research. Regarding the quantitative method, a sample size of 314 people was used by using the Taro Yamane formula. Data were collected using a questionnaire and analyzed by using percentage, frequency, mean, and standard deviation, multiple regression analysis using stepwise regression analysis.  For the qualitative method, the samples were 34 key informants using purposive sampling. Data were collected using in-depth interviews and analyzed by content analysis. The results of the research found that 1) the level of success in implementing alternative justice policies using dispute mediation method overall, was at the highest level. 2) The factors that most affected the success of implementing the alternative justice policy using dispute mediation were the dispute mediation process (Beta=0.588), followed by the factor Dispute mediator side (Beta=0.577), agency support side (Beta=0.564), litigants side (Beta=0.546), lawsuit side (Beta= 0.462), Adjusted R Square value=0.421 or 42.10%, with statistical significance of 0.05. 3)  It was suggested by a group discussion that to promote the implementation of alternative justice policies using dispute mediation, a new knowledge process diagram model should be created to develop a mediation system including integration with relevant agencies to have real success.