Apr 20, 2018 By: yunews
Daniel Pollack, professor at the , has published two articles in Policy & Practice, the journal of the American Public Human Services Association, and one in the Ohio Northern University Law Review.
鈥溾 examines whether the use of dolls or diagrams as testifying aids in child abuse cases should be codified in statute. He notes that legal opinion is split on the question, with some officials pointing to the haphazard training given in their use and research which points to questions about their effectiveness.
In 鈥,鈥 he explores the arguments that the legal and social work professions have about the nature and responsibilities of the guardian鈥檚 role, and what, exactly, it means to act in the best interests of the child.
鈥,鈥 co-authored with Khaya Eisenberg, a clinical psychologist in private practice in Jerusalem, Israel, and Amanda Dolce, a licensed attorney in Florida, explore whether foster care per se should be considered a mitigating circumstance in criminal proceedings, concluding that 鈥渨hat has become clear is that multiple foster placements鈥攁rbitrarily defined as more than five placements鈥攚arrant treatment as a mitigating circumstance in criminal proceedings.鈥
