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Boshier, Peter (2007). How Family Group Conferencing Influences Decision-Making in New Zealand Courts. American Humane Association.

PendingFamily Group Conferences (FGCs) were created by the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989. This Act deals with State intervention into childcare and aims to protect children from abuse and neglect through its care and protection provisions. The Act also established the Youth Court, which deals with young offenders. FGCs are the backbone of both the care and protection and youth justice processes. (excerpt)

Link: http://www.americanhumane.org/site/DocServer/boshier_keynote_2007.pdf?docID=5421

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