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Custody

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Custody is the state of being guarded or protected. When dealing with youth, it can have different meanings. It can mean being in custody of the state, as in being in the foster care system, or it can mean being in the custody of parents (see Levesque 2008). Custody can also mean that an individual is in the custody of law enforcement (Levesque 2006). The most popular reference most likely involves child custody or guardianship, which are legal terms used to describe the legal and practical relationships between parents and their children. Although custody historically meant both ownership and protectorship, custody now is viewed as grating parents the right to make decisions for their children and as placing a duty on parents to care for them.

There are many forms of custody involving parent and child relationships. Joint custody refers to parents’ sharing of custody, such as joint legal custody (the parents share decision making in all or specified areas, while the child resides with...

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  • Levesque, R. J. R. (2006). The psychology and law of criminal justice processes. Hauppauge: Nova Science Publishers.

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  • Levesque, R. J. R. (2008). Rethinking child maltreatment law: returning to first principles. New York: Springer.

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  1. Indiana University, 302 Sycamore Hall, 47405, Bloomington, IN, USA

    Roger J. R. Levesque

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Levesque, R.J.R. (2011). Custody. In: Levesque, R.J.R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Adolescence. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1695-2_522

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