Forms, Impact and Consequences of Violence against Children in Romanian Child Protection Settings

Roth, Mária; Antal, Imola; David-Kacso, Agnes; László, Éva

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“…Institutional abuse of children was first conceptualised in the 1980s, when a public enquiry was launched to focus on institutional abuse as a named social problem in the United States (Daly, 2014a; U.S. Department of Justice, 1979). Since 2000, many more national enquiries have been launched or completed in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, England, Wales, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Italy and many other countries (Roth et al, 2019). In addition, in 2012 and 2013, two large enquiries were launched in Northern Ireland and Australia (Wright, 2017;Wright et al, 2017).…”

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Giving Voice to the Survivors of Childhood Institutional Abuse

Filistrucchi,

Bucarelli,

Aversa

et al. 2023

Participatory Research on Child Maltreatment With Children and Adult Survivors

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This chapter focuses on ways of giving voice to the survivors of institutional abuse and how their contribution can be capitalised in raising community awareness of this phenomenon. The collection of testimonies demonstrates that institutional abuse is a common and widespread phenomenon that in most cases remains unrevealed throughout the life course. The participatory research process we describe is part of an important social and clinical intervention developed in the framework of two projects. The chapter illustrates outputs and outcomes related to disclosure of institutional abuse and its long-term consequences, as well as the meaning and implications of collective trauma. Results confirm the need to promote the voice of survivors to build a new professional and community culture and sensitisation towards children's right to be heard as an essential instrument to prevent and detect institutional ill treatment. Participatory processes can overcome the resistance of individuals, professional communities and politicians to recognising the phenomenon, emphasising institutional responsibilities and the specific effects of a serious form of maltreatment that requires extraordinary and specific interventions in terms of intensity and flexibility. This chapter describes a fieldwork and research experience made possible thanks to a strong alliance with survivors who engaged in a process of reflection and theoretical elaboration that generated both social and clinical impacts.

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Giving Voice to the Survivors of Childhood Institutional Abuse

Filistrucchi,

Bucarelli,

Aversa

et al. 2023

Participatory Research on Child Maltreatment With Children and Adult Survivors

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Voices of children adopted at an older age about challenges and facilitators in their social history

Bejenaru

Iovu

Raiu

2023

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Since 2016, the adoption of older children has become a priority for policymakers and practitioners in Romania, and several measures have been taken to stimulate their adoption. Since this is a relatively new practice in Romania, we were not able to identify any studies that gave a voice to Romanian children to understand how they experience adoption and the challenges and facilitator factors that entail. This study aimed to fill this gap by interviewing 12 children and adolescents aged between 7 and 13. The children offered important insights into the risk factors and adversities they endured before adoption, the challenges they faced during this process, and the tasks they had to undertake after. They also highlighted the factors that facilitated their resilience throughout the adoption process. We found that older children, despite their past adversities, have a good capacity for resilience, which is reflected in their ability to create new bonds based on trust and security with their adoptive parents, in their self-satisfaction and awareness of the progress they have made after adoption, and in their confidence and future aspirations. Finally, based on the interviews, we formulated recommendations for practice and social policies.

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Forms, Impact and Consequences of Violence against Children in Romanian Child Protection Settings

Cited by 2 publications

References 19 publications

Giving Voice to the Survivors of Childhood Institutional Abuse

Giving Voice to the Survivors of Childhood Institutional Abuse

Voices of children adopted at an older age about challenges and facilitators in their social history

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