Despite the proliferation of supervised visitation services, there is limited research to evaluate programs and guide evidence-based practices in this field. This research note reflects a systematic review of recent studies in this area and comments on the methodological features and implications for future research in this critical but often overlooked practice.
BabbB. A.DanzierG.MoranJ. D.MackW. A. (2009). Supervised visitation and monitored exchange: Review of the literature and annotated bibliography. University of Baltimore Law Review.
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BaudoinJ. B. (2010). A multiple-case study of contextual supervised visitation: Therapeutic experiences of children, parents, and marriage and family therapy student interns (3416515). [Doctoral dissertation, University of Louisiana at Monroe]. ProQuest.
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BergmanA.ErikssonM. (2018). Supported visitation in cases of violence: Political intentions and local practice in Sweden. International Journal of Law, Policy, and the Family, 32(3), 374–393. https://doi.org/10.1093/lawfam/eby011
CefarelliN. (2017). An assessment of services for custodial parents during supervised visitation. Journal of Family Trauma, Child Custody & Child Development, 17(2), 135–160. https://doi.org/10.1080/26904586.2020.1760166
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KiefferL.TurellS. C. (2011). Child custody and safe exchange/visitation: An assessment of marginalized battered parents’ needs. Journal of Child Custody, 8(4), 301–322. https://doi.org/10.1080/15379418.2011.620930
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KielyE.O’SullivanN.TobinM. (2019). Centre-based supervised child-parent contact in Ireland: The views and experiences of fathers, supervisors and key stakeholders. Children and Youth Services Review, 100, 494–502. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.03.008
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OehmeK.O’RourkeK. (2012). Protecting victims and their children through supervised visitation: A study of domestic violence injunctions. Faulkner Law Review, 3(2), 261–272.
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OehmeK.SternM. J. (2014). Supervised visitation and family financial well-being: Broadening access to community services for low-income parents in the court system: Supervised visitation and family financial well-being. Family Court Review, 52(2), 282–297. https://doi.org/10.1111/fcre.12091
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PageM. M.McKenzieJ. E.BossuytP. M.BoutronI.HoffmanT. C.MulrowC. D.ShamseerL.TetzlaffJ. M.AklE. A.BrennanS. E.ChouR.GlanvilleJ.GrimshawJ. M.HrobjartssonA.LaluM. M.LiT.LoderE. W.Mayo-WilsonE.McDonaldS.. . . MoherD. (2021). The PRISMA 2020 statement: An updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews. BMJ, 372(71), 1–9.
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PearsonJ.ThoennesN. (2000). Supervised visitation: The families and their experiences. Family and Conciliation Courts Review, 38(1), 123–142.
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PruettM. K.CornettL. (2017). Evaluation of the University of Denver’s center for separating and divorcing families: The first Out-of-Court divorce Option. Family Court Review, 55(3), 375–389. https://doi.org/10.1111/fcre.12292
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SainiM.NewmanJ.ChristensenM. (2017). When supervision becomes the only plan: An analysis of long-term use of supervised access and exchange services after separation and divorce. Family Court Review, 55(4), 604–617. https://doi.org/10.1111/fcre.12307
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Saint-JacquesM.IversH.DrapeauS.St-AmandA.FortinM. (2020). Adjustment of children using supervised access services: Longitudinal outcomes, multiple perspectives, and correlates. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 90(5), 600–613. https://doi.org/10.1037/ort0000446
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TuttyL. M.BarlowA.Weaver-DunlopG. (2010). Supervised access and exchange programs-safety for parents and children in the context of domestic violence. Family & Intimate Partner Violence Quarterly, 3(2), 149–174.
