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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"the best interest of the child"”.
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The Role of Mental Health Professionals in Cases of Child Sexual Abuse as Seen Through the Eyes of Judges
The involvement of Mental Health Professionals (MHPs) in cases of child sexual abuse (CSA) is complex and intimidating. There are legal rules and academic suggestions to guide the MHP in this endeavor, but in experience, these rules and suggestions are lacking. Current literature and research …
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Advocating for Mediation as a means of addressing underlying issues with Discipline at Public High Schools in South Africa
This paper discusses whether the disciplinary process in public high schools in South Africa achieves the purpose envisioned in the Schools Act. The purpose is to establish a disciplined schooling environment in which learners take responsibility for their behaviour and promote self-discipline. To …
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Ifrågasatta fäder : Olika bilder av fäder till socialt utsatta barn
This dissertation deals with fathers of children subjected to child welfare investigations. They are "fathers called into question" and their fatherhood is not very much investigated so far. The dominating picture is that the fathers are absent, to their children as well as in research and social …
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Landdroste en staatsaanklaers se spesifieke kennisbasis van die kind as getuie in die hof : 'n maatskaplikewekondersoek
The sexual abuse of children is becoming an increased tendency in South Africa. Sexual abuse of children is therefore one of the most difficult issues to prove in a court of law because there are usually only two witnesses: the child and the alleged offender. The child's testimony is the most …
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Barnet och rättsprocessen : rättssäkerhet, integritetsskydd och autonomi i samband med beslut om tvångsvård
This dissertation deals with the question of the child´s legal status in legal proceedings concerning its own person. Special problems that may arise in investigations concerning the situation of the child and in decisions on measures to be taken in the best interest of the child are also examined. …
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The rise and fall of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy; a critical review of the history of a child protection issue
Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (MSbP) child abuse was first described by Roy Meadow in 1977. As a paediatrician in Leeds, UK, he identified two children who attended hospital as a direct influence of their mothers fabricating their illness. Since then a plethora of articles have been published, …
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The development of a juvenile sentencing jurisprudence in the absence of legislation
The South African Law Commission Project Committee submitted a report and draft Bill to Parliament on 8 August 2000 addressing the creation of a juvenile justice system.i Parliament has to date failed to implement legislation regulating juvenile justice in South Africa thereby failing to create a …
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The Best Interests of the Child in Custody Evaluations: An Explication of the Construct and Preliminary Content Validation Study
Forty percent of marriages with children end in divorce in the United States, ten percent of which require a child custody evaluation. Approximately 100,000 child custody evaluations are conducted annually (Bow, 2006). Despite the fact that these evaluations affect the lives of thousands of …
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Comparison of Views of Teachers from Full-Day and Half-Day Kindergarten Programs on Reading Readiness in Catholic Elementary Schools
<p>The trend in elementary education is to move from half-day to full-day kindergarten programs in response to state and local pressure to improve reading readiness in young children. Some teachers are resistant to change in certain settings and voicing their philosophical beliefs that this move is …
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Teachers' beliefs about grade retention
… approach was used to gain a better understanding of teachers' beliefs about retention in grades K-7. The participants in this study were the 135 classroom and specialty teachers in one school division (with six elementary schools, K-7). Two survey instruments were developed: (a) the Teacher …
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Exploring the lived experiences of abused or neglected children removed from their homes in Omusati region, Namibia and placed in a residential child-care in Oshana
… issues. For many families, issues such as those of violence against children are kept within the family. However, when children are abused or neglected, social workers from the MGECW in some cases remove them and place them in alternative care with an aim of protecting them and focusing on ‘the …
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Stadsbarndom : Om barns vardag i en modern förort
Children's conditions in urban environments are an important theme for understanding modern childhood, yet children have rarely been asked about their views of urban childhood conditions. The aim of the dissertation is: To describe the experts' attempts to create good conditions for growing up in …
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Mellan klient och rättssystem : Tvångsvård av barn och unga ur socialsekreterares perspektiv
… dissertation focuses on assessments concerning children and young persons in the Social Services. The aim has been to describe and analyse the compulsory care process from a social worker perspective, and to understand and explain how this affects the practice of child welfare. I have used case …
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Perlindungan hukum bagi anak dalam perkawinan kedua: Pandangan hakim PA Kabupaten Malang dan aktivis gender Kota Malang: Studi Kasus No: 6445/Pdt.G/2013/PA.Kab.Malang
… (a primary consideration). ENGLISH : As a matter of reality, hidden marriage (sirri) practice even commits by polygamy way, still happen in social life, nothing agreement from the first wife is the factor for husband to do polygamy. So that, hidden marriage takes by husband as alternative way to …
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To what extent does Zimbabwe comply with its international obligations for the protection of unaccompanied and separated refugee children?
… obligations under international law for the protection of UARC. Chapter one was an introduction to the study laying out the background of refugee and child protection. The background established that it was after World War II that the international community saw the need for an …
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Die belewenis van enkelouerskap deur die vader met beheer en toesig oor kinders in die middelkinderjare (Afrikaans)
ENGLISH : Modern fathers often insist that men and women receive equal child rearing responsibilities during marriage and after divorce. It is therefore important to an increasing number of fathers in divorce proceedings, to be considered in the ruling over custody of the child/ren. Research with …