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First session: The impact of psychoanalytical practice on the family justice system, Lord Justice Thorpe; Some aspects of theories of the mind - a psychodynamic perspective: how might they help a judge? Dr Brian Jacobs; first plenary session - discussion. Second session: Child abuse, Dr Judith Trowell; Issues arising from the involvement of and expert evidence given by psychiatrists and psychologists in proceedings involving children, Mr Justice Wall; second plenary session - discussion; Response to Mr Justice Wall's paper, Dr Anne Zachary. Third Session: Assessment of parenting, Dr Roger Kennedy; third plenary session - discussion. Fourth session: Child psychotherapy - what is it? who does it? how can it be useful? Trudy Klauber; Assessment of risk, Donald Campbell; fourth plenary session - discussion. Fifth session: Childhood and social order, Dr Clifford Yorke; fifth plenary session - discussion. Sixth session: Children who sexually abuse other children, Dr Jill Hodge et al; conference review by the Rt Hon. Lady Justice Buttler-Sloss. Additional paper: Bad parenting and pseudo parenting, Dr Patrick Gallwey. Appendices: conference programmes; list of participants; a social services view of the Darlington conference, Brian Waller; members of the president's interdisciplinary committee.