Browsing Faculty of Social Sciences by Journals "Children and Youth Services Review"
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Child welfare and future assessments – An analysis of discretionary decision-making in newborn removals in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-09)This study explores a particularly wide discretionary space set for decision-making within the Norwegian welfare bureaucracy; care order decisions concerning newborns directly removed from the hospital by the child protection ... -
Corporal punishment and reporting to child protection authorities: An empirical study of population attitudes in five European countries
(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 ... -
Experts and migrants – A survey experiment on public acceptance of violence and child protection interventions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Do experts influence public attitudes toward familial violence and child protection interventions? Are public attitudes on familial violence and child protection interventions biased against migrant families? I conduct a ... -
Public perceptions of child protection, children's rights, and personal values: An assessment of two states
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Although there is an expansive literature on public attitudes towards the welfare state, we know comparatively little about public attitudes toward child protection. Gauging public opinion about the state’s role in protecting ... -
Services and support for mothers and newborn babies in vulnerable situations: A study of eight European jurisdictions
(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 ... -
Tipping the scales: The power of parental commitment in decisions on adoption from care
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)This article studies how three groups of professional decision-makers – child welfare workers, experts on children and judges – exercise discretion in decisions on adoption from care in the Norwegian child welfare system. ...