Child removal as the gateway to further adversity: Birth mother accounts of the immediate and enduring collateral consequences of child removal
Child removal as the gateway to further adversity: Birth mother accounts of the immediate and enduring collateral consequences of child removal
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DOI：
10.1177/1473325019893412
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发表时间：
2019-12-19
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Mason, Claire
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作者：
Broadhurst, Karen;Mason, Claire
这篇文章的重点是从生母的角度来看，儿童搬迁的直接和持久的后果。本文建立在作者以前的理论工作的间接后果的儿童删除和妇女的脆弱性，以重复家庭法院出庭。访谈数据来自深入的定性访谈72个生母进行了7个地方当局的领域进行了重新审视，使一个集中的分析，儿童搬迁的直接和长期影响。现象学对经验的集体解释和对适度概括的追求的兴趣，使分析成为可能。所有参与研究的妇女都经历过通过家庭法院多次将其子女带走的经历，或者参与了有关未出生子女的儿童保护诉讼，以前曾失去过自己照顾的孩子。生母们讲述了孩子被带走后立即出现的心理社会危机，但也讲述了问题的累积和持久性。从妇女的叙述中，我们能够加深我们对长期处于不利地位、社会地位脆弱和受限制的妇女面临的恢复挑战的严重性的理解。鉴于妇女获得保护资源的机会有限，儿童被带走的作用丧失和进一步的排斥后果尤其明显。在最后的讨论中提出了一套明确的服务建议。如果要帮助妇女避免经常性的家庭法院诉讼，就需要在旨在促进康复的服务中认识到妇女面临的困难的程度。
This article is focused on the immediate and enduring consequences of child removal, from the perspective of birth mothers. The article builds on the authors' previous theoretical work on the collateral consequences of child removal and women's vulnerability to repeat family court appearances. Interview data drawn from in-depth qualitative interviews with 72 birth mothers conducted in seven local authority areas are revisited to enable a focused analysis of the immediate and longer-term effects of child removal. Analysis was informed by phenomenology's interest in collective accounts of experience and the pursuit of moderate generalisations. All the women participating in the study had experienced the repeat removal of their children through the family courts, or were involved in child protection proceedings concerning an unborn child, having previously lost a child from their care. Birth mothers recounted an immediate psychosocial crisis following child removal, but also the cumulative and enduring nature of problems. From women's accounts, we have been able to deepen our understanding of the enormity of the recovery challenge for women with long-standing histories of disadvantage who hold fragile and restricted social statuses. Role loss and further exclusionary consequences of child removal were particularly pronounced, given women's limited access to protective resources. A clear set of recommendations for services are set out in a final discussion. The scale of the difficulties women face needs to be recognised in services that aim to promote recovery, if women are to be helped to avoid recurrent family court proceedings.