Court-ordered assessment: Impact of maternal noncompliance in child maltreatment cases

作     者：Atkinson, L Butler, S 

作者机构：CLARKE INST PSYCHIAT FAMILY COURT CLIN 250 COLL ST TORONTO ON M5T 1R8 CANADA 

出 版 物：《CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT》 (CHILD ABUSE NEGL.)

年 卷 期：1996年第20卷第3期

页      面：185-190页

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学科分类：0303[法学-社会学] 0402[教育学-心理学(可授教育学、理学学位）] 0401[教育学-教育学] 04[教育学] 

主　　题：child maltreatment judicial disposition family court clinic 

摘      要：Parental noncompliance to court orders is associated with several factors that jeopardize safe and stable child care. We advanced three hypotheses: (1) maternal noncompliance to court-ordered assessment is associated with loss of child custody;(2) noncompliance is related to court clinic custody recommendations;and (3) noncompliance is stable across child protection and court clinic settings. Based on a sample of 56 court-referred child maltreatment cases, all hypotheses were confirmed. Results are discussed in terms of: (a) maternal noncompliance as a marker for high-risk child care;(b) our limited understanding of the phenomenal meaning of noncompliance;and (c) the dearth of empirically derived intervention methods.