COLLABORATION BETWEEN JUDGES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCHERS IN FAMILY LAW

Family Court Review

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 451-467

  Beck, Connie J A ^a   Holtzworth Munroe, Amy ^b   D'Onofrio, Brian M ^c   Fee, Hon William C ^d   Hill, Hon Frances G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Indiana University   (United States)

^d Court of Steuben County ^*  (United States)

^e Monroe Circuit Court Probation Department   (United States)

Author keywords

collaboration; empirical research; empirically supported treatments; evidence based practice; family law; judges; researchers

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952498207     PISSN: 15312445     EISSN: 17441617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-1617.2009.01267.x     Document Type: Article

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