London Family Drug and
Alcohol Court (FDAC)
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Interim report on FDAC
The FDAC research team, led by Professor Judith Harwin at Brunel University, have published:
an interim report on the London Family Drug and Alcohol Court,
a summary of that report, and a
There is also a page with information about the research team.
The report describes, among other things:
the history, background and rationale of FDAC
how the court and the specialist FDAC team work (including the procedure applying in the court)
the demographics of parents and children in all cases entering FDAC in its first year
the research team's approach in costing FDAC,
court observations by the research team, and
perspectives on FDAC from parents, judges, the FDAC team, and children’s guardians.
The report concludes with a discussion about the early learning from the project and next steps for the research.