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Who best represents the interests of the child in court?
1School of Social Welfare, University of Kansas, Lawrence.
Child Welfare
|November 1, 1990
Abstract:
Representation of children in judicial proceedings is a matter of public policy, but it is not funded. Court-appointed special advocates (CASA) are a low-cost way of providing this representation. The study reported here compares a CASA program to a staff attorney model, and reveals CASA's assets.