Web resource:	http://www.aifs.org.au/institute/pubs/fm2001/fm59/hr.pdf
Type:	Journal Article
Title:	Researching family law reform: the authors respond
Other Titles:	Family matters
Authors:	Graycar, Reg Rhoades, Helen Harrison, Margaret
Keywords:	Family law
Year:	2001
Publisher:	Australian Institute of Family Studies
Citation:	(59), Winter 2001
Notes:	See also "The first three years of the Family Law Reform Act 1995" by Helen Rhoades et al. and "Researching the Family Law Reform Act: a case of selective attention?" by Lawrie Moloney on our Research & Resources database. Please note that downloading the Pdf article from the Family Matters website is quite time-consuming and it is suggested that it be done one page at a time. In November 2000, a report, researched and compiled by joint authors Helen Rhoades, Reg Graycar and Margaret Harrison, was published on the first three years of the Family Law Reform Act 1995, in order to evaluate its effectiveness and future implications. This article provides a response, from the report’s authors, to the criticisms and observations levelled at the report by Lawrie Moloney in his review article in this journal as well as by Professor Patrick Parkinson in a letter to this journal . The review suggests the report over-emphasises the role of domestic violence in family law and child contact matters and that the resulting picture it conveys is biased due to methodological flaws. The report authors’ response defends both their analysis and their methodology, whilst conceding the need for further research and greater communication and cooperation between legal and social welfare/ social science practitioners and academics.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/16645
ISSN:	1030-2646
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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