Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Skivenes, Marit"
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Adopsjon eller offentlig omsorg? En studie av befolkningens syn på adopsjon som tiltak i barnevernet
Helland, Hege Beate Stein; Pedersen, Siri Hansen; Skivenes, Marit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Barnevernet kan gjennomføre adopsjoner av fosterbarn uten biologiske foreldres samtykke. Dette representerer en betydelig utøvelse av statlig makt, og norsk rett krever særlig tungtveiende grunner for å tillate adopsjon. ... -
Adoption from care in Norway
Skivenes, Marit; Helland, Hege Beate Stein (Chapter, 2021) -
Adoption from Care. International Perspectives on Children’s Rights, Family Preservation and State Intervention
Skivenes, Marit; Thoburn, June; Poso, Tarja (Book, 2021) -
Are child protection workers and judges in alignment with citizens when considering interventions into a family? A cross-country study of four jurisdictions
Berrick, Jill Duerr; Dickens, Jonathan; Pösö, Tarja; Skivenes, Marit (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This paper examines whether and how the views of professional decision makers in public agencies and courts in four child protection jurisdictions align with the views of the public. Democratic states are built on the ... -
Child welfare removal of infants: Exploring policies and principles for decision-making in Nordic countries
Hestbæk, Anne-Dorthe; Ingrid, Höjer; Pösö, Tarja; Skivenes, Marit (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This descriptive policy analysis examines the position of infants’ rights in the family service orientated child welfare systems of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden when being placed in out-of-home care. Its focus is ... -
Children’s and parents’ involvement in care order proceedings: a cross-national comparison of judicial decision-makers’ views and experiences
Berrick, Jill; Dickens, Jonathan; Pösö, Tarja; Skivenes, Marit (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-03-19)This paper presents the views of judicial decision-makers (n = 1794) in four child protection jurisdictions (England, Finland, Norway, and the USA (California)), about whether parents and children are provided with appropriate ... -
Children’s Capacities and Role in Matters of Great Significance for Them
McEwan-Strand, Amy; Skivenes, Marit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)How do decision-makers in the judiciary approach children’s capacities as set out in Article 5 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child? Children in public care who cannot be reunified with their birth parents may be ... -
Children’s Rights in Norway. An Implementation Paradox?
Langford, Malcolm; Skivenes, Marit; Søvig, Karl Harald (Book; Peer reviewed, 2019)Norway tops international indexes on children’s rights but continues to attract criticism for its level of compliance with the Convention of the Rights of Child. This book is the first scholarly attempt to address this ... -
Child’s best interest in child protection legislation of 44 jurisdictions
Luhamaa, Katre; Krutzinna, Jenny; Skivenes, Marit (Research report, 2022) -
Comparing population view´s on state responsibility for children in vulnerable situations – the role of institutional context and socio-demographic characteristics
Helland, Hege Stein; Pedersen, Siri Hansen; Skivenes, Marit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)This paper examines populous perspectives of the government’s responsibility to intervene in situations of possible parental neglect of children in England, Finland, Norway, and California (USA), and ask if institutional ... -
Corporal punishment and reporting to child protection authorities: An empirical study of population attitudes in five European countries
Helland, Hege Beate Stein; Skivenes, Marit; Burns, Kenneth; Križ, Katrin; Segado Sánchez-Cabezudo, Sagrario; Strömpl, Judit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)This study, which draws upon representative survey data of the populations of Austria (n = 1000), Estonia (n = 1069), Ireland (n = 1000), Norway (n = 1002) and Spain (n = 1000), compares population attitudes towards corporal ... -
Explaining whistle blowing processes in the Norwegian labour market: Between individual power resources and institutional arrangements
Skivenes, Marit; Trygstad, Sissel Charlotte (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-01-29)The aim of this article is to examine the explanatory forces of power resources and institutional factors on whistle blowing activity, its effectiveness and reactions. The authors analyse survey material of 6000 Norwegian ... -
Exploring populations view on thresholds and reasons for child protection intervention – comparing England, Norway, Poland and Romania
Skivenes, Marit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)This explorative study examines citizens' views on restricting parental freedom to protect children's rights in England, Norway, Poland and Romania. Are there differences in popular views in these four welfare states with ... -
Family Life for Children in State Care An Analysis of the European Court of Human Rights’ Reasoning on Adoption Without Consent
Breen, Claire; Krutzinna, Jenny; Luhamaa, Katre; Skivenes, Marit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)This paper examines what set of familial circumstances allow for the justifiable interference with the right to respect for family life under Article 8, echr. We analyse all the Courts’ judgments on adoptions from care to ... -
The Hidden Proceedings – An Analysis of Accountability of Child Protection Adoption Proceedings in Eight European Jurisdictions
Burns, Kenneth; Kriz, Katrin; Krutzinna, Jenny; Luhamaa, Katre; Meysen, Thomas; Pösö, Tarja; Segado, Sagrario; Skivenes, Marit; Thoburn, June (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-12-02)How accountable are decisions about terminating parental rights to ensure an adoption from care? In this paper we examine if the proceedings in eight European jurisdictions are accountable to: a) the private parties, i.e. ... -
Incorporating the Convention in Norwegian Law
Søvig, Karl Harald (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2019)The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 (CRC) is incorporated in Norwegian law by the Human Rights Act. This chapter explores and analyse the legislative effect of this legal incorporation. It provides an overview ... -
International Perspectives on Child-responsive Courts
Berrick, Jill Duerr; Dickens, Jonathan; Pösö, Tarja; Skivenes, Marit (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)Child friendly justice and access to justice for children are explicit concerns for the European Union, the Committee on the Rights of the Child, the Council of Europe and the Child Rights International Network. This study ... -
The Invisible Child. A Comparative Study of Newborn Removal Judgments from a Child Equality Perspective (CEP)
Kriz, Katrin; Krutzinna, Jenny; Poso, Tarja; Skivenes, Marit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)We know little about how children are portrayed in care order cases. Using a Child Equality Perspective (cep), which demands the child’s presence in proceedings even for children who are not capable of partaking fully in ... -
Judging parental competence: A cross‐country analysis of judicial decision makers' written assessment of mothers' parenting capacities in newborn removal cases
Krutzinna, Jenny; Skivenes, Marit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)This paper examines the discretionary reasoning of the judiciary in three jurisdictions, England, Germany and Norway, in cases deciding whether a newborn child is safe with her parents or intervention is necessary. Our ... -
Justifying interventions in Norwegian child protection - an analysis of cases of violence in migrant and non-migrant families
Løvlie, Audun Gabriel; Skivenes, Marit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)How are decisions about care orders of children in cases about violence justified? What important accounts are considered? In an in-depth analysis of 94 written care order decisions from the Norwegian County Boards, we ...