Rosemary Sheehan
Ashgate
Hardback
268
2001
Magistrates have a unique authority to make, or reject child protection orders ? yet the factors and processes involved in their decision-making have, until now, been unknown. Presenting the findings of a study undertaken at Melbourne Children?s Court, this book offers a much-needed investigation of how magistrates actually make child protection decisions and provides practical assistance to professionals working with children in the legal process.
Ashgate
Hardback
268
2001
Magistrates have a unique authority to make, or reject child protection orders ? yet the factors and processes involved in their decision-making have, until now, been unknown. Presenting the findings of a study undertaken at Melbourne Children?s Court, this book offers a much-needed investigation of how magistrates actually make child protection decisions and provides practical assistance to professionals working with children in the legal process.