NCJ Number
231499
Journal
Juvenile and Family Court Journal Volume: 61 Issue: 1 Dated: Winter 2010 Pages: 63-68
Date Published
2010
Length
6 pages
Annotation
This essay explores infant and child development research in relation to judicial decisionmaking in child maltreatment cases.
Abstract
This essay was adapted from a speech presented by the author on February 12, 2008 at a Colloquium entitled "What's Best for Children? How Judges Use Neuroscience to Break the Cycle of Child Maltreatment." The colloquium was sponsored by the Harvard Center on the Developing Child and held at Harvard Law School. It focuses on the wealth of knowledge that has been discovered about infant and child development and the importance of incorporating that knowledge into judicial decisionmaking in child maltreatment cases. (Published Abstract)