Domestic violence and private Family Court proceedings : promoting child welfare or promoting contact?
Macdonald, Gillian S.
Domestic violence and private Family Court proceedings : promoting child welfare or promoting contact? Gillian S. Macdonald - Sage, 2016 - Violence Against Women .
Violence Against Women, 2016, 22(7), 832–852
Despite improved understanding regarding domestic violence, child welfare and child contact, and related policy developments, problems persist regarding how the family courts deal with fathers’ violence in contested contact/residence cases. In the UK study reported here, analysis was undertaken of welfare reports prepared for the courts in such cases to investigate how and to what extent issues of domestic violence and children’s perspectives on these issues were taken into account when making recommendations to the courts.(from the abstract). Record #4853
CONTACT (ACCESS)
CHILD WELFARE
CONTACT (ACCESS)
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
FAMILY COURT
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
JUSTICE
VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
UNITED KINGDOM
Domestic violence and private Family Court proceedings : promoting child welfare or promoting contact? Gillian S. Macdonald - Sage, 2016 - Violence Against Women .
Violence Against Women, 2016, 22(7), 832–852
Despite improved understanding regarding domestic violence, child welfare and child contact, and related policy developments, problems persist regarding how the family courts deal with fathers’ violence in contested contact/residence cases. In the UK study reported here, analysis was undertaken of welfare reports prepared for the courts in such cases to investigate how and to what extent issues of domestic violence and children’s perspectives on these issues were taken into account when making recommendations to the courts.(from the abstract). Record #4853
CONTACT (ACCESS)
CHILD WELFARE
CONTACT (ACCESS)
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
FAMILY COURT
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
JUSTICE
VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
UNITED KINGDOM