@article{Clemente2016When,
  author = {Clemente, M. and Padilla-Racero, D.},
  title = {When courts accept what science rejects: Custody issues concerning the alleged "parental alienation syndrome"},
  journal = {Journal of Child Custody},
  publisher = {Routledge},
  address = {USA},
  year = {2016},
  volume = {13},
  number = {2-3},
  pages = {126--133},
  abstract = {"Parental alienation syndrome" (PAS) is unscientific and is an affront to children, women who hold the custody of children of separated couples, science, human rights, and the justice system itself. Justice, to be just, should be based on scientifically proven theories and evidence. This article describes investigations carried out to show that two of the principles that underpin PAS are false: That children lie when pressed (alienated in the terminology of PAS), and that the principle that should guide judges' actions for the good of the child should be that for the child to always be in contact with both parents. The results of these investigations show that these two principles are false and advocates the use of truly scientific proceedings for judges to grant custody in case of dispute between parents, as well as for determining the visitation for the noncustodial parent.},
  keywords = {child protection; custody; forensic psychology; parental alienation; legal psychology; parental alienation syndrome; Critics},
  url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15379418.2016.1219245},
  language = {English}
}

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