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Improving juvenile dependency courts:Twenty‐Three Steps
Author(s) -
Edwards Judge Leonard P.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
juvenile and family court journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.155
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1755-6988
pISSN - 0161-7109
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-6988.1997.tb00770.x
Subject(s) - juvenile court , juvenile , dependency (uml) , welfare , political science , law , process (computing) , juvenile delinquency , psychology , criminology , computer science , artificial intelligence , genetics , biology , operating system
New federal support for improvement in the handling of child welfare cases has made it possible for juvenile and family court judges to assess how well courts are implementing the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980. This article first describes the purposes of the Act, and then suggest 23 steps to consider in attempts to improve the court process.