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Timely Permanency Or Unnecessary Removal?: Tips For Advocates For Children Who Spend Less Than 30 Days In Foster Care, Christopher Church, Monique Mitchell, Vivek Sankaran
Timely Permanency Or Unnecessary Removal?: Tips For Advocates For Children Who Spend Less Than 30 Days In Foster Care, Christopher Church, Monique Mitchell, Vivek Sankaran
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Removal and placement in foster care is child welfare’s most severe intervention, contemplated as “a last resort rather than the first.” Federal law, with an overarching goal of preventing unnecessary removals, bolsters this principle by requiring juvenile and family courts to carefully oversee the removal of children to foster care. Expansive research reminds the field that removal, while often necessary, is not a benign intervention. Physically, legally, and emotionally separating children from their parent(s) can traumatize children in lasting ways. Yet review of federal data concerning children in foster care reveal a troubling narrative: each year, tens of thousands of …
Short Fall Arguments In Court: A Probabilistic Analysis, Maria Cuellar
Short Fall Arguments In Court: A Probabilistic Analysis, Maria Cuellar
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
A discussion about how statistical arguments are used in court, specifically in cases of Abusive Head Trauma in which the defendant has claimed that an accidental short fall, and not shaking or child abuse, has caused the child’s injuries.
Evidence Of Child Abuse: Inferring The Causes Of Effects, Stephen E. Fienberg
Evidence Of Child Abuse: Inferring The Causes Of Effects, Stephen E. Fienberg
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
A statistician's take on evidence of child abuse.