Data Resource: Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) public family law administrative records in England.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In England, in cases of child maltreatment or neglect, the state can intervene through the family court to remove children from their family home and place them in out-of-home care. The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) collects and maintains administrative records of all public family law cases in England. While these national records are primarily used to monitor and manage the workflow of Cafcass teams across England, researchers have re-purposed this data for analysis to understand the drivers and outcomes of public family law intervention.

Data contents

The administrative dataset is a reflection of the cases Cafcass is involved with and the extent of that involvement. The dataset contains information about the local authority

SUBMITTER: Bedston SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7482375 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature