On the Consistency of Court Dispositions in the Child Welfare System
A Research Note
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11229227 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jakub Kraus (0000-0002-3123-3507, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1982 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 121-134 |
| Publication date | 1982-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Social Issues (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0157-6321 • E-ISSN: 1839-4655 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1982.tb00727.x |
| OpenAlex | W2249017000 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
An analysis of 4,706 cases of ‘complaints’ under the Child Welfare Act, dealt with by the Children's Court during a two year period, indicated significant differences between the dispositions made in respect of the same complaints by special children's courts in urban areas, by ‘declared’ children's courts in country areas, and by such ‘declared’ courts in areas of Aboriginal concentration. Some of the differences were thought to be attributable to pragmatic and circumstantial considerations associated with the courts' locations. However, significant dispositional differences not attributable to circumstantial factors, that were found between special urban courts, suggested that the observed disparity in dispositions has also a substantive relationship to the courts' differing conceptions of what constitutes the best interest of the child. The findings are discussed in the light of the literature, and some measures that could reduce the existing disparity are suggested
Circumstantial evidence · Consistency (knowledge bases · Political science · Project commissioning · Publishing · Sociology · Welfare · Child Abuse and Trauma · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Law · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
| Citations per year | 0.05 |
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| Citation span | 2005 - 2005 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |