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202 H Court and the Legal System—F:amily Forensics assailant is released. Because of the way our legal system is structured, a p ...

Family Violence: Homicide 203 Arts, 1989). There is no consistency in the sentencing of these women and verdicts depend largely ...

204 8 Court and the Legal System—Family Forensics depression considering their past and/or current history of schizophrenia, alt ...

Family Violence: Homicide 205 (Ewing, 1997). This does not mean, however, that the children were not suffering from some sort of ...

206 H Court and the Legal System—Family Forensics There are mixed feelings about how to punish someone who takes another's life ...

Impact of Mental Health Law Doctrines on Families: Paternalism and Parens Patriae 207 the parents relinquished their parental co ...

208 8 Court and the Legal System—Family Forensics addition, there are instances in which family members are motivated by financi ...

f Mental Health Law Doctrines on Families: Paternalism and Parens Patritie 209 best for their relatives. Currently, psychologist ...

210 8 Court and the Legal System—Family Forensics doctors, need to be impartial to the situation at hand. Furthermore, the famil ...

Family Law and Emotional Rights 211 custodial decisions for divorce. However, children's emotional rights are not always conside ...

212 H Court and the Legal System—Family Forensics Literature Review In some states, family law clearly does not focus on the chi ...

Family Law and Emotional Rights 213 Fortunately, family law's shortcomings in addressing the emotional well-being of children ha ...

214 H may be detrimental to both the child and the parents in cases of spousal abuse, Judges are not required to take spousal ab ...

Family Law and Emotional Rights 215 Other researchers suggest defining the child's Best Interest standard more clearly and consi ...

216 S ("curt and the Legal System—Family F with adoption regulations. One cannot examine policy concerning custodial dis- putes ...

Domestic Violence 217 the divorce will have a negative impact on the child; however, research on adoption custody disputes of th ...

S Court and the Legal System—Family Forensics Subsequently, a jury of eight women and four men rejected Ms. Malott's claim of se ...

Literature Review 219 nonviolent males, batterers showed higher levels of dysphoria, anxiety, and somatic complaints. The batter ...

220 H Court and the Legal System—Family Porensics in conjunction with criminal proceedings or in civil court (Keilitz, 1994). Ho ...

Gay/Lesbian Kights and Definitions of the Family 221 remains evident that battered women need to be provided with information ab ...