Psychological model for judicial decision making in emergency or temporary child placement.
In emergencies, family court judges must often make rapid decisions, without benefit of thorough information, that have significant impact on people's lives. Action-oriented research was used to develop a model that would bring psychosocial factors to the legal system for the purpose of enhancing the judicial decision-making process in emergency and temporary child placement cases.
Ballou
M
M
Department of Counseling Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, Mass., USA.
Barry
J
J
Billingham
K
K
Boorstein
B W
BW
Butler
C
C
Gershberg
R
R
Heim
J
J
Lirianio
D
D
McGovern
S
S
Nicastro
S
S
Romaniello
J
J
Vazquez-Nuttall
K
K
White
C
C
D002648:Child; D003657:Decision Making; D004630:Emergencies; D005581:Foster Home Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007603:Jurisprudence; D020380:Needs Assessment; D013997:Time Factors