Policies and responses with regard to child abuse and neglect in England, Germany and the Netherlands: a comparative multi-site study (PORECAN)

PORECAN项目旨在通过对三个完全不同的福利国家(英国、德国、荷兰)进行比较，发现儿童保护制度变化的性质和影响。它包括对儿童保护政策的比较分析和对儿童保护实践的实证研究。政策分析的结果将是经验阶段的基础，该阶段将比较(I)国家对虐待儿童通知的反应和(Ii)父母对不同福利国家专业干预的看法。我们将比较：儿童保护措施的谈判方式、合法化方式和(专业人员和家长)感知方式；其对儿童的影响(例如，保护/再虐待；离家出走)；国家政策、干预门槛和社会正义之间的关系；儿童保护政策和实践中的言辞，将其置于每个国家更广泛的儿童福利政策框架内。这项研究还将比较关于国家在家庭生活中的角色的更广泛的假设(包括关于父母权利的假设)，以及不同的福利国家寻求平衡儿童S受保护的权利(根据《联合国儿童权利公约》)和父母享有家庭生活的权利(根据《人权法》)的方式。通过这种比较分析，PORECAN项目将对儿童保护政策和实践产生新的见解，从而对欧洲儿童福利的未来发展产生重大影响。北大西洋公约组织的相关主题：福利国家的未来政治、不平等、多样性和福利国家以及人民和福利国家。格里滕斯教授将负责整个项目管理，所有其他WP将由一名指定的团队成员协调。

The PORECAN project aims to discover the nature and impact of variations in child protection systems through a comparison of three quite different welfare states (England, Germany, the Netherlands). It includes a comparative analysis of child protection policy and empirical studies of child protection practice. Findings from the policy analysis will underpin the empirical phase, which will compare (i) state responses to child maltreatment notifications and (ii) parent perspectives on professional intervention in different welfare states. We will compare: the ways child protection measures are negotiated, legitimized and perceived (by professionals and parents); their impact on children (e.g. protection/re-abuse; removal from home); the relationship between national policy, thresholds for intervention and social justice; rhetoric in child protection policy and practice, locating this within the wider child welfare policy framework in each country. The study will also compare wider assumptions about the role of the state in family life, (including those regarding the rights of parents) and the ways different welfare states seek to balance children s rights to protection (under the UNCRC) and parents rights to family life (under the Human Rights Act). Through this comparative analysis, the PORECAN project will generate new insights into child protection policy and practice and so have a significant impact on future developments in child welfare in Europe. Relevant NORFACE themes: Future politics of the welfare state, Inequalities, diversity and the welfare state and People and the welfare state. Prof. Grietens will be responsible for overall project management and all other WPs will be co-ordinated by a nominated team member.