Inappropriate intervention in child protection cases has left many parents, especially mothers, feeling bewildered, confused and distrustful of the system, new UQ research suggests.
The research, conducted by Associate Professor Heather Douglas and Dr Tamara Walsh from UQ’s TC Beirne School of Law, has found that parents experiencing poverty and domestic violence are often targeted for intervention by child protection departments but that child protection workers do not have the skills or resources to support families.As a result, some children may be unnecessarily removed from their parents.
Douglas H, Walsh T & Blore K,
http://www.law.uq.edu.au/uq-research-provides-insight-into-child-protection
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