Is it ‘fair'? Representation of children, young people and parents in an adversarial court system
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12569986 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lorraine Thomson (Institute of Child Protection Studies Australian Catholic University Canberra ACT Australia), Morag Mcarthur (0000-0002-0629-0892, Institute of Child Protection Studies Australian Catholic University Canberra ACT Australia, corresponding author), Peter Camilleri (0000-0002-3765-8012, Social Work Australian Catholic University Canberra ACT Australia) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | S2 |
| Pages | 23-32 |
| Publication date | 2015-03-11 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Child & Family Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1356-7500 • E-ISSN: 1365-2206 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/cfs.12226 |
| OpenAlex | W1484058299 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 20 |
Children's C ourts in A ustralia are important parts of the systems which protect children and deal with young people who offend. They make decisions about the best interests of these vulnerable children and young people and require that children are represented in court. The paper reports on views of 46 stakeholders about quality of and access to representation in the care jurisdiction of the C hildrens C ourt in A ustralian C apital T erritory. Most stakeholders were adamant that for all parties to receive as fair a hearing as possible, they needed representation. There were a range of views about the quality of representation and about what quality representation looks like in an adversarial system of decision‐making
Adversarial system · Jurisdiction · Political science · Public relations · Quality (philosophy · Representation (politics · Child Abuse and Trauma · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Law · Psychology · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
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Qualitative Quality
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,56 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2024 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |