Citation

Saunders DG, Faller KC, Tolman RM. Violence Against Women 2016; 22(6): 722-744.

Affiliation

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801215608845

PMID

26475517

Abstract

Research is lacking on differing perspectives regarding custody cases involving domestic violence (DV). In a survey of judges, legal aid attorneys, private attorneys, DV program workers, and child custody evaluators (n = 1,187), judges, private attorneys, and evaluators were more likely to believe that mothers make false DV allegations and alienate their children. In response to a vignette, evaluators and private attorneys were most likely to recommend joint custody and least likely to recommend sole custody to the survivor. Legal aid attorneys and DV workers were similar on many variables. Gender, DV knowledge, and knowing victims explained many group differences.

Language: en