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Hanna Björg Sigurjónsdóttir1, James Gordon Rice1
1Department of Social and Human Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland.
Background:
The aim was to investigate the role of measured intellectual function in framing parents as 'unfit' in child custody deprivation cases.
Method:
Grounded theory was used to analyse a national sample of custody deprivation cases in Iceland 2002-2014.
Results:
The terminology used to evaluate and describe the intellectual and developmental status of parents in child deprivation custody cases served as a device to define and shape the 'unfit parent'. Intellect itself, whether as low, average or even above average at times acts as a master narrative which informs and explains all manner of perceived parental deficiencies.
Conclusion:
The intellectual and developmental status served as a yardstick of identifying, understanding and interpreting the unfit parent. As a tool to achieve an end, parents were framed in language and culture using underlying belief set to make sense of events and issues.
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