COMMENTARY ON TIPPINS AND WITTMANN'S “EMPIRICAL AND ETHICAL PROBLEMS WITH CUSTODY RECOMMENDATIONS:: A Call for Clinical Humility and Judicial Vigilance”

Family Court Review

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 233-241

  Kelly, Joan B ^a   Johnston, Janet R ^b  

^a Northern California Mediation Center and forensic psychologist   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

child adjustment and divorce research; child custody evaluation; custody recommendations

Indexed keywords

EID: 40349095461     PISSN: 15312445     EISSN: 17441617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-1617.2005.00022.x     Document Type: Article

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