Participation of Children and Parents in the Swiss Child Protection System in the Past and Present: An Interdisciplinary Perspective
| Autor: | Gaëlle Aeby, Michelle Cottier, Stefan Schnurr, Loretta Seglias, Gaëlle Sauthier, Brigitte Müller, Aline Schoch, Kay Biesel |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Research program
Integrity legal analysis historical analysis media_common.quotation_subject Children's rights Psychological intervention child protection Participant observation human rights lcsh:Social Sciences Political science participant observation participation Human rights autonomy ddc:342.7 Autonomy media_common business.industry Participation General Social Sciences Historical analysis Child protection system ddc:348.004 Public relations lcsh:H Child protection children’s rights integrity Position (finance) child protection system ddc:346 Legal analysis ddc:301 business Welfare Switzerland |
| Zdroj: | Social Sciences, Vol. 9, No 8 (2020) P. 148 Social Sciences, Vol 9, Iss 148, p 148 (2020) Social Sciences Volume 9 Issue 8 |
| ISSN: | 2076-0760 |
| Popis: | As in other European countries, the Swiss child protection system has gone through substantial changes in the course of the 20th century up to today. Increasingly, the needs as well as the participation of children and parents affected by child protection interventions have become a central concern. In Switzerland, critical debates around care-related detention of children and adults until 1981 have led to the launch of the National Research Program &lsquo Welfare and Coercion&mdash Past, Present and Future&rsquo (NRP 76), with the aim of understanding past and current welfare practices. This paper is based on our research project, which is part of this national program. We first discuss three overarching concepts&mdash integrity, autonomy and participation&mdash at the heart of a theoretical framework in order to understand the position of parents and children in child protection proceedings. Secondly, we critically analyze the historical and legal development of the child protection system in Switzerland and its effects on children and parents from 1912 until today. Thirdly, we give an insight into the current Swiss child protection system, with an investigation of hearings of parents and children conducted by the Child and Adult Protection Authorities (CAPA) based on participant observations. In particular, we show the importance of information exchanges and of signs of mutual recognition. Finally, in light of our findings, we discuss the interplay between socio-historical and legal developments in child protection and their consequences for the integrity, autonomy and participation of the people involved. |
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