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The Battering Parent Syndrome: Inexpert Testimony As Character Evidence, Thomas N. Bulleit Jr.
The Battering Parent Syndrome: Inexpert Testimony As Character Evidence, Thomas N. Bulleit Jr.
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
This Note proposes that courts refuse to give further consideration to admitting the battering parent syndrome as evidence in both civil and criminal proceedings arising out of child abuse. Part I of the Note describes the syndrome as it appears in the psychological literature. Part II suggests that current judicial attitudes favor the future admissibility of the syndrome, conditioned only on an improved showing of scientific accuracy. Part III demonstrates that regardless of scientific accuracy, the character evidence rule forbids courts from admitting the battering parent syndrome. Part IV argues that the important policies underlying the character evidence rule override …
Coercive Governmental Intervention And The Family: A Comment On North Carolina's Proposed Standards, The Hon. Clarence E. Horton Jr.
Coercive Governmental Intervention And The Family: A Comment On North Carolina's Proposed Standards, The Hon. Clarence E. Horton Jr.
Campbell Law Review
It is ... the purpose of this comment ... to examine the broad changes which the proposed standards would make in the present child-protection and foster care system, and to suggest additional areas in which further study is needed.