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Can You Hear Me: The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Addresses the Systemic Deficiencies of the Philadelphia Child Welfare System in Baby Neal v. Casey
(Creighton University School of Law, 1996)
INTRODUCTION|A foster care program is intended to provide a "temporary, safe haven for children whose parents are unable to care for them." Foster care has been defined as a child welfare service that provides family care ...
Fleming v. Asbill: South Carolina Guardian Ad Litem Not Immune from Civil Liability
(Creighton University School of Law, 1996)
INTRODUCTION|With increasing regularity, family courts have been appointing guardians ad litem for children involved in custody disputes. In child custody cases, a court appoints a guardian ad litem by "statute, rule, or ...
Subtle Discrimination in Juvenile Justice Decisionmaking: Social Scientific Perspectives and Explanations
(Creighton University School of Law, 1996)
INTRODUCTION|"The argument often made," writes Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Alan Page, "is that people of color are not treated the same as similarly situated white people. The person of color often believes they have ...
Dealing with Jehovah's Witness Custody Cases
(Creighton University School of Law, 1996)
INTRODUCTION|In the United States alone, over 1,000 custody cases are fought annually involving Jehovah's Witnesses ("Witnesses"). Most cases involve a young couple in which the mother has converted to the Witnesses, thus ...
Future Visions of Juvenile Justice: Lessons from International and Comparative Law
(Creighton University School of Law, 1996)
INTRODUCTION|Several incidents recently captured the world's attention. In Singapore, police officials caned an American teenager for committing acts of vandalism. In Nairobi, a police officer shot a street boy five times, ...
Mediation and Young People: A Look at How Far We've Come
(Creighton University School of Law, 1996)
INTRODUCTION|Teaching mediation skills and other alternative conflict resolution techniques to our youth today may well be the crucial investment for our society's peaceable future. However, despite an increase in the ...
Interviewing the Child Witness: The Do's and the Don't's, the How's and the Why's
(Creighton University School of Law, 1996)
INTRODUCTION|Children who are asked to provide testimony encounter adult strangers who use language they often do not understand and who demand information they may be reluctant to give. Should they be unable to relate ...
Siblings of Abused Children: Must They Suffer Harm before Removal from the Home, The
(Creighton University School of Law, 1996)
INTRODUCTION|Within months of taking a position with the Nebraska Foster Care Review Board, this author observed that a noteworthy pattern took shape. It was apparent from the case files of children who were in foster care ...
CASA: A Child's Voice in Court
(Creighton University School of Law, 1996)
INTRODUCTION|Nearly 450,000 children are abused, neglected, or abandoned by their families each year. These children cannot speak for themselves in court. Instead, their voice is presented through their case worker, their ...
Is Bob Marley Dead or Just Ambidextrous
(Creighton University School of Law, 1996)
INTRODUCTION|In today's rapidly advancing field of health services, the process of managed care has amazingly become a fixture in a once simpler realm. In an effort to provide an encompassing solution to maximize coverage ...