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Professor Karen Broadhurst

Professor of Social Work

  1. Published

    Working in Partnership with Parents. A Research Review

    Broadhurst, K., 2009, Community Care Inform.

    Research output: Working paper

  2. Published

    Women and infants in care proceedings in England: new insights from research on recurrent care proceedings

    Broadhurst, K. E., Alrouh, B., Mason, C. S., Yeend, E., Kershaw, S., Shaw, M. & Harwin, J., 02/2016, In: Family Law. 46, 2, p. 208-211 4 p., 07.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Whither practice-near research in the modernization programme? policy blunders in children's services.

    White, S., Broadhurst, K., Wastell, D., Peckover, S., Hall, C. & Pithouse, A., 12/2009, In: Journal of Social Work Practice. 23, 4, p. 401-411 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  4. Published

    When policy o'erleaps itself: the 'tragic tale' of the Integrated Children's System

    White, S., Wastell, D., Broadhurst, K. & Hall, C., 08/2010, In: Critical Social Policy. 30, 3, p. 405-429 25 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal article

  5. Published

    What do we know about ethnicity in the family justice system in England?

    Alrouh, B., Hargreaves, C., Cusworth, L., Broadhurst, K., North, L., Griffiths, L. J., Doebler, S., Akbari, A., Farr, I. & Cowley, L., 26/05/2022, Nuffield Family Justice Observatory. 48 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsCommissioned report

  6. Published

    What do we know about ethnic diversity in the family justice system in Wales?

    North, L., Akbari, A., Cowley, L., Alrouh, B., Hargreaves, C., Cusworth, L., Broadhurst, K., Farr, I., Doebler, S., Abouelenin, M., Smart, J., Ford, D. & Griffiths, L., 30/06/2022, Nuffield Family Justice Observatory.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsCommissioned report

  7. Published

    Vulnerable birth mothers and repeat losses of infants to public care: is targeted reproductive health care ethically defensible?

    Broadhurst, K., Shaw, M., Kershaw, S., Harwin, J., Alrouh, B., Mason, C. & Pilling, M., 01/2015, In: Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law. 37, 1, p. 84-98 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Published
  9. Published

    Using evidence to inform safeguarding children

    Broadhurst, K. & Pithouse, A., 11/2014, Applying Research Evidence in Social Work Practice. Webber, M. (ed.). London: Palgrave Macmillan

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  10. Published

    Urgent Care Proceedings for New-born Babies in England and Wales – Time for a Fundamental Review

    Broadhurst, K., Mason, C. & Ward, H., 2/03/2022, In: International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family . 36, 1, 31 p., ebac008.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Understanding the mental health needs of mothers who have had children removed through the family court: A call for action

    Morriss, L. & Broadhurst, K., 1/09/2022, In: Qualitative Social Work. 21, 5, p. 803-808 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineEditorialpeer-review

  12. Published

    Uncovering private family law: Adult characteristics and vulnerabilities (Wales)

    Cusworth, L., Hargreaves, C., Alrouh, B., Broadhurst, K., Johnson, R. D., Griffiths, L., Akbari, A., Doebler, S. & John, A., 15/11/2021, London: Nuffield Family Justice Observatory. 55 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsCommissioned report

  13. Published

    Uncovering private family law: what can the data tell us about children's participation?

    Hargreaves, C., Cusworth, L., Alrouh, B., Broadhurst, K., Cowley, L., Abouelenin, M., Doebler, S., Akbari, A., Farr, I. & North, L., 16/06/2022, Nuffield Family Justice Observatory.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsCommissioned report

  14. Published

    Uncovering private family law: Exploring applications that involve non-parents (‘the other 10%’)

    Cusworth, L., Hargreaves, C., Alrouh, B., North, L., Cowley, L., Abouelenin, M., Doebler, S., Griffiths, L. & Broadhurst, K., 1/04/2023, Nuffield Family Justice Observatory.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsCommissioned report

  15. Published

    Uncovering private family law: How often do we hear the voice of the child

    Hargreaves, C., Cusworth, L., Alrouh, B., Broadhurst, K., Griffiths, L., Cowley, L. & Doebler, S., 21/02/2024, London: Nuffield Family Justice Observatory. 53 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsCommissioned report

  16. Published

    Trust, risk and the (mis)management of contingency and discretion through new information technologies in children's services

    Pithouse, A., Broadhurst, K., Hall, C., Peckover, S., Wastell, D. & White, S., 03/2012, In: Journal of Social Work. 12, 2, p. 158-178 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  17. Published

    Transitions to adulthood: Some critical observations of the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000.

    Grover, C. G., Stewart, J. M. & Broadhurst, K., 1/05/2004, In: Social Work and Social Sciences Review. 11, 1, p. 5-18 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  18. Published

    Thinking systemically, thinking political: Building strong partnerships with families in the context of rising inequality?

    Featherstone, B., Broadhurst, K. & Holt, K. E., 2012, In: British Journal of Social Work. 42, 4, p. 618-633 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  19. Published

    The informal logics of risk in safeguarding work

    Broadhurst, K. & Hall, C., 06/2009, In: Professional Social Work.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal article

  20. Published

    The Fallacy of Formalisation: Practice Makes Process in the Assessment of Risks to Children

    Broadhurst, K., Peckover, S., Wastell, D., White, S., Hall, C. & Pithouse, A., 2011, Good Practice in Assessing Risk: Current Knowledge, Issues and Approaches. Kemshall, H. & Wilkinson, B. (eds.). London: Jessica Kingsley, p. 84-101 18 p. (Good practice in health, social care and criminal justice).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  21. Published

    The chiasmus of design: Paradoxical outcomes in the E-government reform of UK children's services

    Wastell, D., White, S., Broadhurst, K., Hall, C. & Peckover, S., 10/07/2009, 17th European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2009. (17th European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2009).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  22. Published

    The chiasmus of design: Paradoxical outcomes in the e-government reform of UK children’s services

    Wastell, D., White, S. & Broadhurst, K., 10/06/2009, Information Systems - Creativity and Innovation in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises - IFIP WG 8.2 International Conference, CreativeSME 2009, Proceedings. Dhillon, G., Stahl, B. C. & Baskerville, R. (eds.). Springer New York LLC, Vol. 301. p. 257-272 16 p. (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology; vol. 301).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  23. Published

    The adoption paradox: Exploring the role of ethnicity, deprivation, and co-ethnic density in care proceedings in England

    Alrouh, B., Abouelenin, M., Doebler, S. & Broadhurst, K., 14/09/2023, In: International Journal of Population Data Science. 8, 2

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineConference articlepeer-review

  24. Published

    Tensions and contradictions in family court innovation with high risk parents: the place of family drug treatment courts in contemporary family justice

    Harwin, J. E., Broadhurst, K. E., Taplin, S. & Cooper, C., 1/06/2019, In: International Journal of Drug Policy. 68, p. 101-108 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  25. Published

    Ten Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them: What research tells us

    Broadhurst, K., White, S., Fish, S., Munro, E., Fletcher, K. & Lincoln, H., 09/2010, NSPCC.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsMonograph

  26. Published

    Sure Start and the reauthorisation of s.47 child protection practices.

    Broadhurst, K., Mason, C. S. & Grover, C., 11/2007, In: Critical Social Policy. 27, 4, p. 443-461 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  27. Published

    Supporting Parents under New Labour: How does every parent matter?

    Broadhurst, K., 2009, Critical Perspectives on Safeguarding Children. Broadhurst, K., Grover, C. & Jamieson, J. (eds.). Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 296 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

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  29. Published

    Supporting Contact in the Context of Care Proceedings. A Research Review

    Broadhurst, K., 2009, Community Care Inform.

    Research output: Working paper

  30. Published

    Summary Briefing: Care Experienced Mothers and their Children in Wales

    Doebler, S., Bailey, G., Broadhurst, K., Roberts, L., Wood, S., Cowley, L., North, L. & Griffiths, L. J., 1/02/2024, Lancaster: Centre for Child & Family Justice Research. 16 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsOther report

  31. Published

    Spotlight on supervision orders: What do we know and what do we need to know?

    Harwin, J., Alrouh, B., Palmer, M., Broadhurst, K. E. & Swift, S., 03/2016, In: Family Law. 46, 3, p. 365-368 4 p., 7.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  32. Published

    Social work in the laboratory: using microworlds for practice research

    Broadhurst, K., Wastell, D., Peckover, S., White, S., Hall, C. & Pithouse, A., 2011, In: British Journal of Social Work. 40, 4, p. 744-760 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  33. Published

    Social work education in a time of national crisis In Greece: educating the workforce to combat inequalities

    Detotsi, S., Young, A. & Broadhurst, K. E., 2016, In: European Journal of Social Work. 19, 3-4, p. 368-384 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  34. Published

    Social work beyond the VDU: foregrounding co-presence in situated practice - why face-to-face practice matters

    Broadhurst, K. & Mason, C., 04/2014, In: British Journal of Social Work. 44, 3, p. 578-595 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  35. Published

    Scaling up research on family justice using large-scale administrative data: an invitation to the socio-legal community

    Broadhurst, K., Cusworth, L., Harwin, J., Alrouh, B., Bedston, S., Trinder, L., Jones, K., Ford, D. & Griffiths, L., 18/08/2021, In: Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law. 43, 3, p. 237-255 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  36. Published

    Safeguarding older children at risk of serious harm

    Broadhurst, K., 13/01/2011, In: Community Care. 1848, p. 32-33 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineReview articlepeer-review

  37. Published

    Risk, instrumentalism and the humane project – identifying the informal logics of risk management in children's statutory services.

    Broadhurst, K., Hall, C., Wastell, D., White, S. & Pithouse, A., 06/2010, In: British Journal of Social Work. 40, 4, p. 1046-1064 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  38. Published

    Risk Factors Associated With Primary Care-Reported Domestic Violence for Women Involved in Family Law Care Proceedings: Data Linkage Observational Study

    Johnson, R. D., Griffiths, L. J., Cowley, L. E., Broadhurst, K. & Bailey, R., 24/05/2023, In: Journal of Medical Internet Research. 25, e42375.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  39. Published

    Revisiting children 'Home on Trial' in the context of current concerns about the costs and effectiveness of the looked-after children system: findings from an exploratory study.

    Broadhurst, K. E. & Pendleton, T., 1/11/2007, In: Child and Family Social Work. 12, 4, p. 380-389 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  40. Published

    Review of ‘Globalisation and Child Welfare: Some Lessons from a Cross-National Study of Children in Out-of-Home care’ by Thoburn, J.

    Broadhurst, K. & Paylor, I., 04/2008, In: British Journal of Social Work. 38, 3, p. 602-604 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineBook/Film/Article reviewpeer-review

  41. Published

    Review: ‘Transforming’ Children's Services? Social Work, Neoliberalism and the ‘Modern’ World

    Broadhurst, K., 1/08/2010, In: Critical Social Policy. 30, 3, p. 444-447 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineReview articlepeer-review

  42. Published

    Research on problems in child protection when IT and humans interact

    White, S., Broadhurst, K. & Wastell, D., 11/12/2008, In: Community Care. p. 22-23 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal article

  43. Published

    Reflections on an English/Greek exchange in Erasmus' anniversary year. Is English practice learning 'out of sync' with global scapes and flows

    Broadhurst, K., Dimopoulos, M. & Morgan, H., 09/2007, In: The Hellenic Journal of Social Science and Social Work.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal article

  44. Published
  45. Published

    Recurrent care proceedings: Part 1: Progress in research and practice since the Family Justice Council 6th Annual Debate

    Shaw, M., Broadhurst, K., Harwin, J., Alrouh, B., Kershaw, S. & Mason, C., 09/2014, In: Family Law. 44, 9, p. 1284-1287 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  46. Published

    Recurrent care proceedings: Part 2 : young motherhood and the role of the court

    Harwin, J., Broadhurst, K., Kershaw, S., Shaw, M., Alrouh, B. & Mason, C., 2014, In: Family Law. 44, 10, p. 1439-1443 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  47. Published

    Recurrent care proceedings: Part 3 - birth mothers - against the odds - turning points for women who have lost children to public care.

    Broadhurst, K. & Mason, C., 1/11/2014, In: Family Law. 44, p. 1572-1576 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  48. Published

    Raging against the machine

    White, S. & Broadhurst, K., 01/2009, In: Professional Social Work. p. 8-10 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal article

  49. Published

    Qualitative interview as special conversation (after removal)

    Broadhurst, K., 21/05/2015, In: Qualitative Social Work. 14, 3, p. 301-306 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineEditorialpeer-review

  50. Published

    QSW 2015: Welcome, Special Issues and Special Thanks to Catherine Kohler Riessman

    Broadhurst, K., 25/01/2015, In: Qualitative Social Work. 14, 1, p. 3-9 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineEditorialpeer-review

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