Citation

Maze CL, Hannah SA. Juv. Fam. Court J. 2008; 59(1): 33-45.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1755-6988.2007.00003.x

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

A qualitative study was conducted involving clients, victim advocates, and judges participating in one of Miami-Dade County's (Florida) “therapeutic” juvenile court based programs, the Dependency Court Intervention Program for Family Violence (DCIPFV). The primary objective of this study was to assess how battered mothers’ perceptions of the dependency court judges’ actions impacted the women's motivation to take appropriate actions to promote their own, and their child(ren)'s safety.