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Marsh, Peter and Crow, Gill (1996). Family Partners Families and Welfare Findings Series. Number 3. University of Sheffield. Downloaded 22 June 2004.

In this paper, Peter Marsh and Gill Crow report on a study that provided a detailed examination of eighty family group conferences (FGC) in England and Wales. These FGCs were carried out in four social services departments in 1995 and 1996. This document covers the FGC model for decision-making in child welfare cases, the conference process, outcomes of the eighty conferences studied, and participants’ views on the use of the FGC model. Marsh and Crow also point toward next steps to be taken to expand and improve the practice of FGCs in child welfare cases and other areas of welfare work.

Link: www.shef.ac.uk/socst/staff/staff_page_elements/p_marsh/FPtxt.pdf

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