Listening to Children’s Voices in Child Protection Practices

Toros, Karmen; Falch‐Eriksen, Asgeir; Jing, Wu

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“…Although participation of children in research becomes more and more solidly grounded ethically and methodologically, its translation in the practice and service evaluation in child protection is limited and often does not cover the most disadvantaged children (Lätsch et al, 2023;Toros et al, 2021). Children's participation in research on maltreatment is justified by the social value of their contribution to the accumulation of knowledge, which is meant to affect child protection policies, improving responses to cases of maltreatment and prevention measures.…”

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The Ethics of Research With Children on Violence Re-Examined

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From an ethical point of view, the inclusion of children and young people in research is problematic due to their inability to give informed consent and meaningfully express their views. The ethical aspects of research are multiplied if the research participant might have experienced child abuse, neglect, exploitation, or other forms of violence or assisted in such acts. Talking about victimization might be difficult and generate a sense of betrayal of attachment figures. On the other hand, the usual ethical procedure of asking parents or other caretakers to give consent for their children to discuss issues of maltreatment gives them the power to act as gatekeepers to stop children from participating in research. Therefore, researchers should contemplate if parental consent should be waived and how research can be developed to mobilise children's agency and ensure their meaningful cooperation in researching different aspects of violence that affect them. This chapter presents and critically analyses different research examples and discusses their ethical dimensions from a children's rights perspective. The research questions start with discussing the utility of consulting children in research on maltreatment; the gatekeeping role of caregivers; the distress and harm eventually caused to children and young people by participation in research and the benefits of participation for children. The survey examples discussed lead to the conclusions that research on maltreatment might sometimes cause distress; caregivers' power to refuse consent for their children's participation in research on maltreatment can alter epidemiologic data and impede children's right to express their opinion on issues that are central to their lives and therefore, it should be waived; consulting children is essential for

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The Ethics of Research With Children on Violence Re-Examined

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2023

Participatory Research on Child Maltreatment With Children and Adult Survivors

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Listening to Children’s Voices in Child Protection Practices

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The Ethics of Research With Children on Violence Re-Examined

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