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What Lies Behind the Statistics?

What Lies Behind the Statistics?

Auteur(s): Centre for Child & Family Justice Research
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A podcast series which examines the interpretative work of compiling statistics, and shares conversations with parents, policy makers and practitioners about the implications of findings.


This series is produced by researchers at the Universities of Lancaster and Swansea. The team is called the Family Justice Data Partnership and we are pioneering the use of large scale anonymised data to ask pressing questions about family justice.


We are grateful to our funders who are the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory and ADR UK (UKRI and ESRC).


All our work benefits from, and would not be possible, without collaborations with families, practitioners and policy makers.


Special thanks to Cafcass and Cafcass Cymru.

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  • Private Family Law - debunking the myths

    Private Family Law - debunking the myths
    Dec 14 2023

    This episode in our podcast series turns the attention to private family law – which involves applications made to the courts to resolve disputes about arrangements for children, mostly between parents after separation or divorce. Linda Cusworth, who leads the private law stream of work for the Family Justice Data Partnership (funded by the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory), speaks to colleague Claire Hargreaves and to Anna Sinclair, Head of Private Law Reform for Cafcass Cymru. They talk about the role of Cafcass Cymru in private family law proceedings, discuss some of the research that has been undertaken in this area and how these new findings have challenged a number of challenges and misconceptions, and address the implications for policy and practice.

    All the research discussed can be found on the project website - https://www.cfj-lancaster.org.uk/projects/fjdp or https://www.nuffieldfjo.org.uk/.

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    29 min
  • From Numbers to Hope

    From Numbers to Hope
    Nov 13 2023
    The Family Justice Data Partnership has been producing statistics which have raised searching questions about the increasing numbers of babies subject to care proceedings at birth, prompting questions and what we can do to lessen the trauma this causes for everyone concerned. In this podcast, we listen to colleagues talking about the Hope Box project - a therapeutic intervention designed to help mothers who are separated from their babies at birth. The Hope Box project is designed by mothers with lived experience of child protection and care proceedings at birth.

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    22 min
  • Ethnic diversity in the family courts – the value of data

    Ethnic diversity in the family courts – the value of data
    Sep 27 2023

    The Family Justice System serves a diverse population of families and their children. Having clear data on the ethnic backgrounds and experiences of those coming through the family courts helps to identify biases or disparities which in turn can guide reforms or training to ensure all groups are treated fairly and equitably, regardless of their ethnicity.

    Claire Hargreaves, Senior Researcher at the Centre for Child and Family Justice Research hosts a conversation with colleagues Bachar Alrouh and Mariam Abouelenin about the progress that has being made nationally to collect data on the ethnicity of children and adults in the family courts. The conversation will also address some of the more critical questions that have been raised about whether statistics can in fact play a part in uncovering inequalities. Speaking directly to concerns about the contribution of statistics, Claire, Bachar and Mariam Critics consider whether the broad analytical categories favoured by statisticians, do in fact reflect the diversity of our populations.

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    25 min
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