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This open access book provides an overview of the ever-growing phenomenon of children in shared physical custody thereby providing legal, psychological, family sociological and demographical insights. It describes how, despite the long evolution of broken families, only the last decade has seen a radical shift in custody arrangements for children in divorced families and the gender revolution in parenting which is taking place. The chapters have a national or cross-national perspective and address topics like prevalence and types of shared physical custody, legal frames regulating custody arrangements, stability and changes in arrangements across the life course of children, socio-economic, psychological, social well-being of various family members involved in different custody arrangements. With the book being an interdisciplinary collaboration, it is interesting read for social scientists in demography, sociology, psychology, law and policy makers with an interest family studies and custody arrangements.Product Identifiers
PublisherSpringer Nature Switzerland A&G
ISBN-139783030684815
eBay Product ID (ePID)7049054143
Product Key Features
Number of Pages331 Pages
Publication NameShared Physical Custody: Interdisciplinary Insights in Child Custody Arrangements
LanguageEnglish
SubjectGovernment, Psychology
Publication Year2021
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaSocial Work, Children & Family, Human Biology
AuthorDimitri Mortelmans, Laura Bernardi
SeriesEuropean Studies of Population
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height235 mm
Item Weight522 g
Additional Product Features
EditorLaura Bernardi, Dimitri Mortelmans
Country/Region of ManufactureSwitzerland