Discretion and the child´s best interests in child protection

Project Information

DISCRETION

Grant agreement ID: 724460

DOI

10.3030/724460

Project closed

EC signature date 31 May 2017

Start date 1 June 2017

End date 31 May 2023

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 997 918,00

EU contribution

€ 1 997 918,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITETET I BERGEN
Norway

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Publications

Monographic books (5)

Oxford Handbook of Child Protection Systems

Author(s): Jill Duerr Berrick, Neil Gilbert, Marit Skivenes
Published in: 2023, ISBN 9780197503546
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197503546.001.0001

Adoption from Care. International Perspectives on Children’s Rights, Family Preservation and State Intervention.

Author(s): Tarja Pösö, Marit Skivenes, June Thoburn (eds)
Published in: Research in Social Work series, 2021, ISBN 9781447351030
Publisher: Policy Press

Children’s Rights in Norway

Author(s): Langford, Malcolm; Skivenes, Marit; Søvig, Karl Harald
Published in: eisbn: 9788215031415, Issue 5, 2019
Publisher: Universitetsforlaget

Children’s Rights in Norway - An Implementation Paradox?

Author(s): Malcolm Langford , Marit Skivenes, Karl Harald Søvig
Published in: 2019, ISBN 9788-215031415
Publisher: Universitetsforlaget
DOI: 10.18261/9788215031415-2019

Child Rights and International Discrimination Law. Implementing Article 2 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Author(s): Marit Skivenes, Karl Harald Søvig (eds.)
Published in: 2019, ISBN 9780-367074630
Publisher: Routeledge

Book chapters (14)

Child Protection Systems: A Global Typology

Author(s): Jill Duerr Berrick, Neil Gilbert, Marit Skivenes
Published in: Oxford Handbook of Child Protection Systems, 2023
Publisher: Oxford University Press

Introducing the field of adoption from care

Author(s): Tarja Pösö, Marit Skivenes, June Thoburn
Published in: Adoption from Care. International Perspectives on Children’s Rights, Family Preservation and State Intervention., 2021, Page(s) 1-14, ISBN 9781447351030
Publisher: Policy Press

The Child Protection system in Denmark and Norway

Author(s): Hestbæk, A-D, Skivenes, M. Falch-Eriksen, A., Svendsen, I. and Bache-Hansen, E.
Published in: Oxford Handbook International child protection systems, 2023, Page(s) 112, ISBN 9780197503546
Publisher: Oxford University Press

Adoption from care in Austria

Author(s): Jenny Krutzinna, Katrin Križ
Published in: Adoption from Care. International Perspectives on Children’s Rights, Family Preservation and State Intervention., 2021, Page(s) 87-102
Publisher: Policy Press

Adoption from care in Norway

Author(s): Hege Stein Helland, Marit Skivenes
Published in: Adoption from Care. International Perspectives on Children’s Rights, Family Preservation and State Intervention., 2021, Page(s) 139-156, ISBN 9781447351030
Publisher: Policy Press

Creating ‘family’ in adoption from care

Author(s): Jenny Krutzinna
Published in: Adoption from Care. International Perspectives on Children’s Rights, Family Preservation and State Intervention., 2021, Page(s) 195-213, ISBN 9781447351030
Publisher: Policy Press

3. Right to Protection - An Implementation Paradox?

Author(s): Asgeir Falch-Eriksen, Marit Skivenes
Published in: Children’s Rights in Norway - An Implementation Paradox?, 2019, Page(s) 107-135, ISBN 9788-215031415
Publisher: Universitetsforlaget
DOI: 10.18261/9788215031415-2019-04

Discriminating Against Children

Author(s): Katre Luhamaa, Marit Skivenes, Karl Harald Søvig
Published in: Child Rights and International Discrimination Law. Implementing Article 2 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child., 2019, Page(s) 1-23, ISBN 9780-367074630
Publisher: Routeledge

International human rights law governing national adoption from care

Author(s): Katre Luhamaa, Conor O’Mahony
Published in: Adoption from Care. International Perspectives on Children’s Rights, Family Preservation and State Intervention., 2021, Page(s) 177-193, ISBN 9781447351030
Publisher: Policy Press

Overcoming the Soviet legacy? Adoption from care in Estonia.

Author(s): Katre Luhamaa, Judit Strömpl
Published in: Adoption from Care. International Perspectives on Children’s Rights, Family Preservation and State Intervention., 2021, Page(s) 33-48, ISBN 9781447351030
Publisher: Policy Press

Child Protection Systems Across the World

Author(s): Jill Duerr Berrick, Neil Gilbert, Marit Skivenes
Published in: Oxford Handbook of Child Protection Systems, 2023
Publisher: Oxford University Press

The Austrian Child Welfare System: Moving Towards Professionalization and Participation

Author(s): Katrin Kriz, Jenny Imke Krutzinna, Peter Pantuček-Eisenbacher
Published in: Oxford Handbook of Child Protection Systems, 2023, Page(s) 47-66, ISBN 9780197503546
Publisher: Oxford University Press

Making sense of adoption from care in very different contexts

Author(s): Tarja Pösö, Marit Skivenes, June Thoburn
Published in: Adoption from Care. International Perspectives on Children’s Rights, Family Preservation and State Intervention., 2021, Page(s) 249-264, ISBN 9781447351030
Publisher: Policy Press

Understanding attachment in decisions on adoption from care in Norway.

Author(s): Hege Stein Helland, Sveinung Hellesen Nygård
Published in: Adoption from Care. International Perspectives on Children’s Rights, Family Preservation and State Intervention., 2021, Page(s) 215-231, ISBN 9781447351030
Publisher: Policy Press

Peer reviewed articles (19)

Securing permanence for children in care: A cross-country analysis of citizen's view on adoption versus foster care

Author(s): Marit Skivenes; Rami Benbenishty
Published in: Child & Family Social Work, Issue 28/2, 2022, Page(s) 432– 442, ISSN 1356-7500
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/cfs.12974

Services and support for mothers and newborn babies in vulnerable situations: A study of eight European jurisdictions

Author(s): Katre Luhamaa, Amy McEwan-Strand, Barbara Ruiken, Marit Skivenes, Florian Wingens
Published in: Children and Youth Services Review, Issue 120, 2021, Page(s) 105762, ISSN 0190-7409
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105762

Corporal punishment and reporting to child protection authorities: An empirical study of population attitudes in five European countries

Author(s): Kenneth Burns, Hege Stein Helland, Katrin Križ, Sagrario SegadoSánchez-Cabezudo, Marit Skivenes, Judit Strömpl
Published in: Children and Youth Services Review, Issue 2021, 2021, ISSN 0190-7409
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105749

Populations trust in the child protection system: A cross-country comparison of nine high-income jurisdictions

Author(s): Marit Skivenes; Rami Benbenishty
Published in: Journal of European Social Policy, Issue 32/4, 2022, Page(s) 422–435, ISSN 0958-9287
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/09589287221088172

Who is “The Child”? Best Interests and Individuality of Children in Discretionary Decision-Making

Author(s): Jenny Krutzinna
Published in: The International Journal of Children's Rights, Issue Volume 30: Issue 1, 2022, Page(s) 120–145, ISSN 0927-5568
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
DOI: 10.1163/15718182-30010005

A look into the future of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe: an expert consultation

Author(s): Iftekhar, Emil; Priesemann, Viola; Balling, Rudi; Bauer, Simon; Beutels, Philippe; Calero Valdez, Andre; Cuschieri, Sarah; Czypionka, Thomas; Dumpis, Uga; Glaab, Enrico; Grill, Eva; Hanson, Claudia; Hotulainen, Pirta; Klimek, Peter; Kretzschmar, Mirjam; Krüger, Tyll; Krutzinna, Jenny; Low, Nicola; Machado, Helena; Martins, Carlos; McKee, Martin; Mohr, Sebastian; Nassehi, Armin; Perc, Matjaz; Pete
Published in: The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, Issue Volume 8, 2021, ISSN 2666-7762
Publisher: The Lancet Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2021.100185

The invisible child. A comparative study of newborn removal judgments from a Child Equality Perspective (cep)

Author(s): Katrin Kriz, Jenny Krutzinna, Tarja Poso, Marit Skivenes
Published in: The International Journal of Children's Rights, Issue Volume 30: Issue 3, 2022, Page(s) 644 - 674, ISSN 0927-5568
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
DOI: 10.1163/15718182-30030006

Breaking the cycle: Solidarity with care-leaver mothers

Author(s): Jenny Krutzinna
Published in: DiGeSt - Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies, Issue 7/2, 2021, Page(s) 82-92, ISSN 2593-0281
Publisher: Universiteit Gent
DOI: 10.21825/digest.v7i2.16574

Exploring populations view on thresholds and reasons for child protection intervention – comparing England, Norway, Poland and Romania

Author(s): Marit Skivenes
Published in: European Journal of Social Work, Issue 2021, 2021, ISSN 1468-2664
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Publishing
DOI: 10.1080/13691457.2021.1995706

Barbara Bennett Woodhouse, The Ecology of Childhood. How Our Changing World Threatens Children’s Rights

Author(s): Jenny Krutzinna
Published in: International Journal of Children’s Rights, Issue 29/1, 2021, Page(s) 239 - 243, ISSN 0927-5568
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
DOI: 10.1163/15718182-29010001

The Hidden Proceedings – An Analysis of Accountability of Child Protection Adoption Proceedings in Eight European Jurisdictions

Author(s): Kenneth Burns, Katrin Križ, Jenny Krutzinna, Katre Luhamaa, Thomas Meysen, Tarja Pösö, Sagrario Segado, Marit Skivenes, June Thoburn
Published in: European Journal of Comparative Law and Governance, Issue 6/4, 2019, Page(s) 339-371, ISSN 2213-4506
Publisher: Brill
DOI: 10.1163/22134514-00604002

Analyzing decision-maker’s justifications of care orders for newborn children: equal and individualized treatment

Author(s): Barbara Ruiken
Published in: Journal of Public Child Welfare, 2022, Page(s) 1-24, ISSN 1554-8732
Publisher: Sociedad Brasileira de Microondas e Optolectronica
DOI: 10.1080/15548732.2022.2158990

International Human-Rights Supervision Triggering Change in Child-Protection Systems? The Effectiveness of the Recommendations of the CRC Committee in Estonia

Author(s): Katre Luhamaa
Published in: Juridica International, Issue 29/2020, 2020, Page(s) 108-123, ISSN 1406-1082
Publisher: University of Tartu
DOI: 10.12697/ji.2020.29.10

Judging parental competence: A cross-country analysis of judicial decision makers' written assessment of mothers' parenting capacities in newborn removal cases

Author(s): Jenny Krutzinna, Marit Skivenes
Published in: Child & Family Social Work, 2020, Page(s) 1– 11, ISSN 1356-7500
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/cfs.12788

Family Life for Children in State Care. An Analysis of the European Court of Human Rights’ Reasoning on Adoption Without Consent.

Author(s): Clarie Breen, Jenny Krutzinna, Katre Luhamaa, Marit Skivenes
Published in: The International Journal of Children's Rights, Issue Volume 28: Issue 4, 2020, Page(s) 715–747, ISSN 0927-5568
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
DOI: 10.1163/15718182-28040001

Children’s Capacities and Role in Matters of Great Significance for Them

Author(s): Amy McEwan-Strand, Marit Skivenes
Published in: International Journal of Children’s Rights, Issue 28/3, 2020, Page(s) 632-665, ISSN 0927-5568
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
DOI: 10.1163/15718182-02803006

Digital twins and the ethics of health decision-making concerning children

Author(s): Matthias Braun, Jenny Krutzinna
Published in: Patterns, Issue Volume 3, Issue 4, 2022, ISSN 2666-3899
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.patter.2022.100469

Towards a European strategy to address the COVID-19 pandemic

Author(s): Priesemann, Viola; Balling, Rudi; Bauer, Simon; Beutels, Philippe; Calero Valdez, Andre; Cuschieri, Sarah; Czypionka, Thomas; Dumpis, Uga; Glaab, Enrico; Grill, Eva; Hotulainen, Pirta; Iftekhar, Emil N; Krutzinna, Jenny; Lionis, Christos; Machado, Helena; Martins, Carlos; McKee, Martin; Pavlakis, George N; Perc, Matjaž; Petelos, Elena; Pickersgill, Martyn; Prainsack, Barbara; Rocklöv, Joacim; Sc
Published in: The Lancet, Issue 398/ 10303, 2021, Page(s) 838 - 839, ISSN 0140-6736
Publisher: The Lancet Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(21)01808-0

The benefits, costs and feasibility of a low incidence COVID-19 strategy

Author(s): Czypionka, Thomas; Iftekhar, Emil; Prainsack, Barbara; Priesemann, Viola; Bauer, Simon; Calero Valdez, Andre; Cuschieri, Sarah; Glaab, Enrico; Grill, Eva; Krutzinna, Jenny; Lionis, Christos; Machado, Helena; Martins, Carlos; Pavlakis, George; Perc, Matjaz; Petelos, Elena; Pickersgill, Martyn; Skupin, Alexander; Schernhammer, Eva; Szczurek, Ewa; Tsiodras, Sotirios; Willeit, Peter; Wilmes, Paul.
Published in: The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, Issue 13/100294, 2022, Page(s) 1-7, ISSN 2666-7762
Publisher: The Lancet Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2021.100294