Magistrates' Decision-Making in Child Protection Cases

by Rosemary Sheehan

Making decisions about the care and protection of children who appear before the courts is complex. Attention must be paid to the best interests of the child, the child's need for their family, community views on parenting, and concern about welfare intrusion into family life. Magistrates have a unique authority to make, or reject child protection orders - yet the criteria they use to decide a protection order, how they understand the information...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138706671
• ISBN13: 9781138706675
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Routledge