Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Skivenes, Marit"
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Legitimate child protection interventions and the dimension of confidence: A comparative analysis of populations views in six European countries
Loen, Mathea; Skivenes, Marit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The legitimacy of welfare state institutions is a key question in public policy research. In this study we examine population’s confidence in child protection systems, the role of institutional context and moral alignment. ... -
Parental Freedom in the Context of Risk to the Child: Citizens’ Views of Child Protection and the State in the US and Norway
Berrick, Jill Duerr; Skivenes, Marit; Roscoe, Joseph N. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Child protection is considered an appropriate government responsibility, but interventions into the family are also some of the most consequential for states. This study examines the normative basis for limiting parents’ ... -
Parents' involvement in care order decisions: a cross-country study of front-line practice
Berrick, Jill Duerr; Dickens, Jonathan; Pösö, Tarja; Skivenes, Marit (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)This article examines parents' involvement in care order decision-making in four countries at one particular point in the care order process, namely, when the child protection worker discusses with the parents his or her ... -
Pathways to permanence in England and Norway: A critical analysis of documents and data
Skivenes, Marit; Thoburn, June (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-08)The English language term ‘permanence’ is increasingly used in high income countries as a ‘short-hand’ translation for a complex set of aims around providing stability and family membership for children who need child ... -
The Population's Confidence in the Child Protection System – A Survey Study of England, Finland, Norway and the United States (California)
Juhasz, Ida Benedicte; Skivenes, Marit (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)This article examines the confidence the population (N = 4,003) has in the child welfare system in four countries – England, Finland, Norway and the USA (California). We find that about half or less of the population reports ... -
Populations trust in the child protection system: A cross-country comparison of nine high-income jurisdictions
Skivenes, Marit; Benbenishty, Rami (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)In this study, we examine the trust placed by the populations of nine jurisdictions in their child protection systems. These systems protect children’s rights and grant authority for invasive interventions to curtail or ... -
Restricting family life - an examination of citizens’ views on state interventions and parental freedom in eight European countries
Skivenes, Marit; Hassan, Bilal; Falch-Eriksen, Asgeir (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)This paper examines the public views – a total of 10,348 persons – on restrictions of personal autonomy of others to protect the interest of children. We use representative country samples of the adult populations of ... -
Securing permanence for children in care: A cross-country analysis of citizen's view on adoption versus foster care
Skivenes, Marit; Benbenishty, Rami (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)If children in child protection cannot be cared for by their natural parents, should they be adopted or live in foster home? Results from a study of representative samples of populations (n = 12 330), in eight European ... -
Services and support for mothers and newborn babies in vulnerable situations: A study of eight European jurisdictions
Luhamaa, Katre; McEwan-Strand, Amy; Ruiken, Barbara; Skivenes, Marit; Wingens, Florian A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)European countries have a legal obligation to provide services to vulnerable families, and children must not be removed from their parents’ care unless no other viable measures are available. This paper examines whether ... -
Street-level policy aims of child welfare workers in England, Norway and the United States: An exploratory study
Križ, Katrin; Skivenes, Marit (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-03-05)This study, which is based on in-depth, semi-structured interviews with a total of 92 child welfare workers in California, England and Norway conducted between January 2008 and June 2010, analyzes how child welfare workers ... -
Structuring Practice for Children’s Participation. Report I for the Participation Project: Mapping and Evaluating Organizational Guidelines
Jensen, Frøydis Petersen; Kriz, Katrin; Skivenes, Marit (Research report, 2022) -
Time, institutional support, and quality of decision making in child protection: a cross-country analysis
Berrick, Jill Duerr; Dickens, Jonathan; Pösö, Tarja; Skivenes, Marit (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-04)This paper examines perceptions of time and institutional support for decision making and staff confidence in the ultimate decisions made—examining differences and similarities between and within the service-oriented Nordic ... -
Whistleblowing in local government: an empirical study of contact patterns and whistleblowing in 20 Norwegian municipalities
Skivenes, Marit; Trygstad, Sissel Charlotte (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-09)Whistleblowing by administrative employees in local governments can bring critical knowledge about misconduct and failed policy outcomes and priorities to the attention of politicians. This article examines whether (1) ...