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Physical interventions and aversive techniques in relation to people with learning disabilities in Norway
- Authors:
- ROED Ole Tom, SYSE Aslak
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adult Protection, 4(1), February 2002, pp.25-32.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Behaviour programmes containing aversive elements came under scrutiny in Norway following the de-institutionalisation of people with learning disabilities in the early nineties. A special act was introduced to limit and regulate the need for such measure. The article describes the situation prior to the act and outlines the arguments used in favour of and against it. The authors also report on a board specially appointed to evaluate the act.
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and compulsory placements in Scandinavia
- Author:
- HESTBAEK Anne-Dorthe
- Journal article citation:
- Nordisk Sosialt Arbeid, 21(2), 2001, pp.82-93.
- Publisher:
- Universitetsforlaget AS
The problem considered in the article is to what extent the principles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child have been implemented in the national legislation on compulsory placement in the five Nordic countries. The Convention lays particular stress on "the best interests of the child" and the right of children to express their own opinion on matters concerning themselves. One main conclusion is that the Convention has roughly the same status in the five Nordic countries. The countries differ, however, when it comes to the actual measures that each country has taken to translate the intentions of the Convention into reality. Norway and Sweden seem to have taken the most radical steps, followed by Denmark. The Children's Convention has evidently been of lesser importance for Finnish and Icelandic practice.
Negotiating independence, choice and autonomy: experiences of parents who coordinate personal assistance on behalf of their adult son or daughter
- Authors:
- BRENNAN Ciara, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 31(5), 2016, pp.604-621.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Article 19 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities requires states to provide personal assistance services. This article is based on qualitative research in Iceland, Norway and Sweden, carried out between 2012 and 2013. The overall study focused broadly on the implementation of Article 19. This article, however, reports findings based on a particular group of participants within the larger study: non-disabled parents who coordinate personal assistance schemes for their adult son or daughter. The article examines the various ways in which the parents, the majority of whom were mothers, negotiate principles of independence, choice and autonomy for their adult son or daughter who requires intensive support, including assistance with communicating. The aim is to explore, in the context of the Convention and the principles of the independent living movement, how to acknowledge and conceptualise personal assistance schemes that require another person to manage on behalf of the user. (Publisher abstract)
From superintendence to transition and self-determination. Historic view on policies and practice towards Norwegian care-leavers
- Author:
- STORO Jan
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 27(1), 2015, pp.5-20.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Leaving care services have been a feature of Norwegian child welfare legislation for more than a 100 years. This article traces the legislation and presents a discussion of these services. Three distinct periods can be identified, each with a dominant debate and policy orientation: the State's need for control over the young people; the modern welfare state's view that each child should be provided with services designed in the child's best interest; and the more recent pressure for the promotion of the young people's legal rights. Thus, 'care versus control' is a central theme. The article concludes by proposing both more international research, and locally developed practice. (Publisher abstract)
The child welfare service's assessments in custody cases that involve minors
- Authors:
- ROD Per Arne, IVERSON Anette Christine, UNDERLID Kjell
- Journal article citation:
- European Journal of Social Work, 16(4), 2013, pp.470-488.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The percentage of breakdowns in marriages, cohabitations and civil partnerships is increasing in the Western world, resulting in questions of child custody. In Norway and other Western countries, there is little knowledge of the support system's work in child custody cases. This article focuses on the assessments Norwegian child welfare service employees conduct in 37 cases about child custody; and explain why investigations of reports are conducted sometimes and at other times not. ‘Street-level bureaucracy’ is the theoretical reference framework for interpreting the interviews. Assessments and decisions of the child welfare service in custody cases vary from one service to another. It is relatively difficult to predict whether notifications will be investigated or dropped. Decisions are the result of a jigsaw puzzle of risk assessment, interpretations of legislation, cooperative procedures and an understanding of the county social welfare board. Notifications concerning violence and notifications from family counselling offices stand out, as generally they result in investigations. Child welfare services' handling of notifications regarding custody questions is challenging, as these cases are in a grey area between the Children Act and the Child Welfare Act. Child welfare workers want clearer guidelines for the cases on which they are to work. However, new rules cannot replace the professional and ethical assessments that child welfare service workers have to make in each individual case. (Edited publisher abstract)
Online groomers: profiling, policing and prevention
- Authors:
- DAVIDSON Julia, GOTTSCHALK Petter
- Publisher:
- Russell House
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 189p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Lyme Regis
The internet is increasingly used by some adults to access children and young people in order to groom them for the purposes of sexual abuse. This book outlines and discusses the characteristics of the internet that are relevant to the process of online grooming and describes how offenders use the internet to identify and communicate with potential child victims. It looks at profiling online groomers, presents a staged model for classifying offenders in terms of seriousness over the passage of time, examines the UK context of internet sex offenders (including legislation, risk assessment, management and treatment) and discusses aspects of policing online groomers, the legislative context (including a case study of Norwegian legislation), the potential contribution of knowledge management and information technology in policing and grooming investigations, and police performance management. Finally, it focuses on online sex offending prevention, including initiatives to protect children online and approaches to educational awareness and internet safety.
Norwegian child protection and children's rights
- Author:
- CLAUSSEN Clas J.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Europe, 9(2), 2002, pp.9-14.
- Publisher:
- Russell House
This article highlights research findings which indicate that Norwegian child protection workers seldom inform children or ask their opinion of their care situation. The consequences are that the interventions being made in many instances are less effective and 'not in the best interests of the child'. This article discusses the main factor contributing to this situation, society's and child protection workers' attitudes towards children. Also notes child protection workers' fear of children expressing their pain or hopes as an important influence.
Determinants of the timing of social insurance legislation among 18 OECD countries
- Author:
- KIM Kyo-seong
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Social Welfare, 10(1), January 2001, pp.2-13.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article aims to determine which theory which best explains the development of social insurance programmes. The survival analyses of 4 social insurance programs in 18 OECD countries presents mixed results. The adoption of each social insurance program is developed and related to a combination of industrialism, modernisation, left-wing participation, state autonomy, and international environment. Based on these findings, it is concluded that no single paradigm adequately explains the adoption of each of the social insurance programmes. However, the combination of two society-centered approaches- namely, logic of industrialism and political conflict explanation - and a state-centered approach better explains the origin and development of modern social policy than does the international diffusion theory.
Individual rights and collective obligation: compulsory intervention towards substance abusers in Norwegian social law
- Authors:
- NILSSEN E., LIEN R.S.
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Social Welfare, 8(3), July 1999, pp.181-192.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
...for such efforts in Norwegian social law is discussed with regard to different ethical and moral principles.
Children who kill: an examination of the treatment of juveniles who kill in different European countries
- Editor:
- CAVADINO Paul
- Publisher:
- Waterside Press
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 218p.
- Place of publication:
- Winchester
Comparative study based on papers delivered at an international conference focusing on the differing ways in which children who kill are dealt with by juvenile justice systems across Europe.