Structure and Challenges of Child Protection in Switzerland

Jud, Andreas; Knüsel, René

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-93348-1_11

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“…Workers need to perceive that the study is useful and important, and it is therefore essential to create a questionnaire that covers important issues while being brief, user-friendly and written in concise and clear language [ 48 ]. Innovative approaches to extracting data from files might also be developed [ 55 ].…”

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On the incidence and prevalence of child maltreatment: a research agenda

Jud

Fegert

Finkelhor

2016

Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health

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Research on child maltreatment epidemiology has primarily been focused on population surveys with adult respondents. Far less attention has been paid to analyzing reported incidents of alleged child maltreatment and corresponding agency responses. This type of research is however indispensable to know how well a child protection system works and if the most vulnerable are identified and served. Notable findings of child maltreatment epidemiological research are summarized and directions for future studies discussed.

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On the incidence and prevalence of child maltreatment: a research agenda

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Fegert

Finkelhor

2016

Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health

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“…For the qualitative analysis of the expert discourse based on the research perspective of discourse analysis (Keller, 2011a), we gather 25 casefiles per time period, that means before and after the introduction of the KESB, taking into account the different cantonal structures (e.g., languages, religion, population density etc. An overview of diversity in Switzerland and its implication on organization is provided by Jud & Knüsel, 2019). Sampling includes affected families whose child or children were of school age between 4 and 10 years at the time of the measure taken.…”

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Poverty Status and Clustering of Cardiometabolic Risk Factors and Metabolic Syndrome among African Americans: Results from the National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey 2001-2006

Advani¹,

Khan²,

Brown³

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Child neglect is an ongoing social problem, estimated to affect 5 -10 per cent of children. The term neglect describes a behavior that deviates from an ideal norm. However, both the form of this ideal norm and the definition of deviation depend on contemporary discourses and scientific positions. Historically, it has been more frequently poor families and single mothers who have been disciplined for child neglect by the state, whilst their economic situation was marginalized. Parallel current findings raise questions regarding how these discourses form, how they influence decision-making processes, and whether a continuity can be ascertained in measures of social disciplining. Our ongoing research project on welfare practice in response of child neglect aims to reconstruct and analyze current discourses on family, childrearing, and motherhood in the context of child neglect. Taking a multi-perspectival approach, it will analyze and compare the expert discourse, the political/public discourse, and the perspective of affected mothers across two different time periods in five selected Swiss cantons. Preliminary findings indicate that gender categories, especially motherhood, continue to be of great importance. On the basis of a first analysis of casefiles, one could speak of a "motherism": in case processing and in the course of the case, responsibility is attributed to the mother, and social and pedagogical contexts are neglected, even the financial situation seems to be given less importance. Instead, the willingness to cooperate often seems to be a key factor in deciding on further interventions. Furthermore, there are indications that in decision-making processes with far-reaching consequences, legal arguments are preferred while childrearing aspects are neglected. It can also be noted that normative and sometimes stigmatizing statements do not seem to belong to the past. In this article, we will give insight into the research design and first findings and discuss the necessity of reflecting on the images of family, childrearing, and How to cite this paper: Campanello, M.

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“…This system shows a high diversity of services and authorities arising from 26 cantonal and sub-cantonal variations of organizing child protection and child welfare (cf. Jud & Knüsel, 2019). This diversity is amplified by Switzerland's cultural and linguistic variety.…”

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“…Different languages not only imply different labels of organizations, but also are associated with different concepts of the state (e.g., Ladner, 2016). A detailed description of the Swiss child protection system is available by Jud and Knüsel (2019).…”

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The Definitions Are Legion: Academic Views and Practice Perspectives on Violence Against Children

Jud¹,

Voll²

2019

Sociological Studies of Children and Youth

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Both research and child protection practice are still far away from having uniform definitions of violence against children. The different disciplines involved in the sectors of national child protection systems rely on separate discourses and terms; definitions are sometimes rather general or implicit, and operationalizations of important elements are rare. The various terms in use -child maltreatment, child abuse and neglect, child endangerment, children at risk, children in need, etc.speak of the variety not only of concepts, but also of practices. With respect to the latter, definitional issues are also issues of the scope and thresholds of intervention. This manuscript provides an overview of major terms and definitional approaches to violence against children and identifies eminent differences between them. Findings from several studies on the Swiss child protection system, including the first multi-sectorial national survey on agency responses to child maltreatment, illustrate how professionals use definitions and the consequences of having multiple definitional concepts for documenting reported cases. We conclude by advocating for a consensusbased interdisciplinary process of developing shared definitions of violence against children.

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Structure and Challenges of Child Protection in Switzerland

Cited by 10 publications

References 18 publications

On the incidence and prevalence of child maltreatment: a research agenda

On the incidence and prevalence of child maltreatment: a research agenda

Poverty Status and Clustering of Cardiometabolic Risk Factors and Metabolic Syndrome among African Americans: Results from the National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey 2001-2006

The Definitions Are Legion: Academic Views and Practice Perspectives on Violence Against Children

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