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  • Forensic Psychology
  • Legal Psychology

Background:

  • Child protective system (CPS) cases frequently involve expert evaluations of children's care needs and best interests.
  • While expert reports are quality-assured by the Expert Commission on Children (ECC), their specific evaluative methodologies remain unclear.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the interview and observational methods employed by experts in child protective system cases.
  • To assess the frequency of explicit references to the 'best interest of the child' in expert reports.
  • To determine if the content of expert assessments correlates with the quality of their evaluative justification.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of 299 expert reports collected from the Expert Commission on Children (ECC).
  • Utilized an observational design with correlational statistics.
  • Employed a coding system based on ECC references to analyze interview and observational practices (inter-rater reliability, α = 0.89).

Main Results:

  • Experts interviewed 222 children, with 94.5% of these interviews using limited evidence-based techniques. 56 children under five were not interviewed.
  • Observational assessments were conducted in only 36% of cases.
  • The 'best interest of the child' was explicitly mentioned in just 12% of reports. Higher quality justification was linked to detailed descriptions of the child's care needs.

Conclusions:

  • Experts predominantly utilize non-standardized interview techniques and infrequently conduct observational assessments.
  • The explicit consideration of the child's best interest is uncommon in expert evaluations.
  • Significant variability exists in experts' methodological approaches, underscoring a need for greater transparency in their practices.