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Squeezing the toothpaste tube: will tackling court delay result in pre-court delay in its place?
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posted on 2023-08-30, 13:28 authored by Bridget McKeigue, Chris BeckettThis article is the first to report on a study that tracked all the care proceedings initiated by an English local authority over a one-year period, obtaining factual information and opinions from the social workers involved in the case through the use of guided interviews. The main objective of the researchers was to contribute to understanding of ways in which children are kept waiting in difficult and insecure situations for decisions to be made about their long-term future. This article focuses in particular on the problem of delays that occur prior to a case coming into the court arena. The article offers evidence that current initiatives to reduce court delay may have the unintended result of increasing pre-court delay.
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40Issue number
1Page range
154-169Publication title
British Journal of Social WorkISSN
1468-263XExternal DOI
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Oxford University PressFile version
- Accepted version
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- eng
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2010-11-03Legacy creation date
2019-12-05Legacy Faculty/School/Department
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