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Extralegal Factors Important To Judges' Decisions In Child Abuse Custody Cases, Marilyn Jeanette Nolan
Extralegal Factors Important To Judges' Decisions In Child Abuse Custody Cases, Marilyn Jeanette Nolan
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Extralegal Factors Important to Judges' Decisions in Child Abuse Custody Cases
by
Marilyn J. Nolan
MS, Pittsburg (Kansas) State University, 1986
BS, Missouri Southern State University, 1982
Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Doctor of Philosophy
Human Services
Walden University
May 2015
Research has shown juvenile court judges are skeptical of mental health testimony; however there is a lack of research regarding what types of testimony by what kinds of experts are valued by judges. Using the theory of legal pragmatism, the purpose of this study was to assess how 83 Oklahoma District Court …