Implementing the Nordic Barnahus Model : Characteristics and Local Adaptions

Summary, in English

This chapter describes the background for, and implementation of, the Barnahus model within the Nordic countries. It highlights the core elements of the model and the specifics of the Nordic welfare state context relating to the child welfare and criminal justice systems. A contextual and comparative perspective is used to shed light on how the model is shaped by the legal and institutional context in which it has been implemented. Local adaptions of the Barnahus model, specific to each Nordic country, are also identified. Finally, the outline of the book, containing sixteen chapters divided into four broad themes, is presented.

• Author: Susanna Johansson; Kari Stefansen; Elisiv Bakketeig; Anna Kaldal
• Editor: Susanna Johansson; Kari Stefansen; Elisiv Bakketeig; Anna Kaldal
• Department/s: School of Social Work
• Publishing year: 2017
• Language: English
• Pages: 1-31
• Publication/Series: Collaborating Against Child Abuse : Exploring the Nordic Barnahus Model
• Links: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-319-58388-4; http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58388-4_1
• Document type: Book chapter
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Topic: Law; Sociology
• Keywords: The Nordic Barnahus Model; Child abuse; policy implementation; The Nordic welfare state; Child welfare system; Criminal justice system; Local adaption; The Nordic Barnahus model; Child abuse; policy implementation; The Nordic welfare state; Child welfare system; Criminal justice system; Local adaption
• Status: Published
• Project: Samverkan i barnahus. En komparativ studie av barnahusmodellens spridning och styrning i Norden
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISBN: 978-3-319-58388-4; ISBN: 978-3-319-58387-7