Most of the literature dealing with ADR contains little or no reference to its use in the criminal
justice context, and as a corollary, most criminal law texts dealing with processes such as
conferencing do not utilise ADR terminology. This is because ADR is usually described as a
method of resolving disputes between parties without resorting to formal court-based adjudication.
Traditional theories of criminal justice, on the other hand, view criminal offending as largely a
matter between the offender and the state