Citizens' views in four jurisdictions on placement policies for maltreated children |
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Authors: | Marit Skivenes June Thoburn |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Administration and Organization Theory, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway;2. School of Social Work, East Anglia University, Norwich, UK |
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Abstract: | Citizens' opinions on child protection public policy are a key dimension of the legitimacy of a political order. We have conducted a survey vignette on a representative sample of citizens (N = 4,003) in England, Finland, Norway, and California, USA. The findings show that citizens' opinions are clearly in favour of adoption (75%) rather than long‐term foster care (25%). Context may partly explain the findings, as the responses of the majority of Anglo‐American respondents are in line with practice in their countries but for the Nordic respondents, there is a substantial discrepancy between citizens' opinions and on‐going child protection practices. |
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Keywords: | abuse adoption cross‐country comparisons foster care legitimacy public opinion |
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