Broadhurst, K. and Mason, C. (2017). Birth Parents and the Collateral Consequences of Court-ordered Child Removal: Towards a Comprehensive Framework. International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family, 31 (1), pp. 41–59. Link
Broadhurst, K. and Bedston, S. (2017). Women in recurrent care proceedings in England (2007-2016): Continuity and change in care demand over time. Family Law, 47, pp. 412–415. Link
Broadhurst, K., Alrouh, B., Yeend, E., Harwin, J., Shaw, M., Pilling, M., Mason, C. and Kershaw, S. (2015). Connecting Events in Time to Identify a Hidden Population: Birth Mothers and their Children in Recurrent Care Proceedings in England. British Journal of Social Work, 45(8), pp. 2241-2260. Link
Broadhurst, K., Shaw, M., Harwin, J., Alrouh, B., Pilling, M., Kershaw, S. and Mason, C. (2015). Vulnerable birth mothers and repeat losses of infants to public care: is targeted reproductive health care ethically defensible? The Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 37(1), pp. 84-98. Link
Shaw, M., Broadhurst, K., Harwin, J., Alrouh, B., Kershaw, S. and Mason, C. (2014). Recurrent care proceedings: Part 1: Progress in research and practice since the Family Justice Council 6th Annual Debate. Family Law, 44(9), pp. 1284-1287. Link
Harwin, J., Broadhurst, K., Kershaw, S., Shaw, M., Alrouh, B., and Mason, C. (2014). Recurrent care proceedings: Part 2: young motherhood and the role of the court. Family Law, 44(10), pp. 1439-1443. Link
Broadhurst, K. and Mason, C. (2014). Recurrent care proceedings: Part 3 – birth mothers – against the odds – turning points for women who have lost children to public care. Family Law, 44(11), pp. 1572-1576. Link
Shaw, M., Kershaw, S., Broadhurst, K., Harwin, J., Alrouh, B. and Mason, C. (2014). Recurrent Care Proceedings: Part 4: the emergence of child protection as a public health issue: how would a more prevention-oriented approach alter the provision of services and the family-professional relationship? Family Law, 44(12), pp. 1705-1708. Link
Broadhurst, K., Shaw, M., Harwin, J. and Alrouh, B. (2014). Capturing the scale and pattern of recurrent care proceedings: initial observations from a feasibility study. Family Law. Link
Broadhurst, K. and Mason, C. (2013). Maternal outcasts: raising the profile of women who are vulnerable to successive, compulsory removals of their children – a plea for preventative action, Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 35(3), pp. 291–304. Link
Book chapters
Broadhurst, K., Mason C. and Webb S. ‘Birth mothers returning to court – can a developmental trauma lens inform practice with women at risk of repeat removal of infants and children’ in Shaw, M. (ed) Justice for children and families: a developmental approach (2018 forthcoming) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Nottingham University: Birth Mothers who Lose Successive Infants and Children to Public Care: What is the scale of the problem? How can we help? Download (PDF, 947 KB)
Nottingham University: Birth Mothers and Recurrent Care Proceedings: Life Course, Persistent Difficulties and Turning Points. Download (PDF, 549 KB)
Cardiff University (CASCADE Event): Understanding recurrent care proceedings: Birth mothers, fathers and children, caught in a cycle of repeat public law proceedings. Download (PDF, 621 KB)
Technical Appendices
Vulnerable Birth Mothers and Recurrent Care Proceedings
Estimating Recurrent Care Proceedings using CAFCASS Administrative Data: A Technical Appendix.
Dr Bachar Alrouh and Professor Karen Broadhurst
Department of Sociology – Lancaster University Download (PDF 1.18 MB)