Child protection careers: Reconstructing organizational development, abuse experiences, diagnostic procedures, interventions and life-trajectories in a city in West Germany 1985-2014

儿童保护是儿童和青年福利服务的一个高度相关的主题。然而，缺乏关于德国儿童保护领域的组织发展以及受到儿童保护干预措施的儿童的职业生涯的实证研究。重要的是要了解这种儿童保护事业，因为儿童保护干预的短期目的是防止可能对儿童造成重大伤害，但其中一些文书可能会产生长期的传记后果(例如失去监护权、离家安置)。更令人惊讶的是，对儿童保护措施对德国年轻人的生活和前景产生的长期后果缺乏了解，因为人们一再对儿童保护制度的效力产生怀疑。组织领域的历史重建也是有益的，因为一段时间以来，儿童保护系统内进行了许多改革(例如，联邦计划和地方倡议)。合作项目Kinderschutzkarrieren将重建1985年至2015年期间西德城市(杜塞尔多夫)儿童保护的组织方式以及案件轨迹和结果。合作伙伴可以获取约6.000份案件档案和大量关于本市儿童保护组织领域的文件。档案和文件将通过杜塞尔多夫新教医院(KSA)的医疗儿童保护门诊诊所和杜塞尔多夫市儿童和青少年福利办公室获得。对前儿童保护客户和专家的访谈将补充这些数据。该研究项目有三项关键活动，三个合作的科学机构在其研究重点和方法能力方面相辅相成：(1)重建在观察期内该市组织儿童保护的方式(概念的演变、问题的构建、工作流程、干预措施和机构间、多专业合作：希尔德海姆大学)，(2)基于档案的病例分析(虐待事件、诊断、保护和支持措施、报告的病例轨迹：德国青年研究所和科布伦茨-兰道大学)，(3)在儿童时期接受儿童保护调查的年轻人认为的传记叙述和幸福(德国青年研究所和科布伦茨-朗道大学)。在德国，将首次有可能描述儿童和青少年在儿童保护干预措施后的发育情况。结果将与国际专家讨论，在国际期刊上发表，并为德国的专业观众准备。

Child protection is a highly relevant topic for children and youth welfare services. Nevertheless, there is a lack of empirical studies on organizational developments in the child protection field in Germany as well as on the careers of children who have been subject to child protection interventions. It is important to learn about such child protection careers because the short-term intention of child protection interventions is to prevent significant harm that might be done to a child but some of the instruments may have long-term biographical consequences (e.g. loss of custody, out-of-home placement). Lack of knowledge on long-term consequences of child protection measures on the lives and perspectives of young people in Germany is even more surprising as there have been recurring doubts on the efficacy of the child protection system. A historical reconstruction of the organizational field is informative too because for some time there have been a lot of reforms within the child protection system (e.g. federal programs and local initiatives).The cooperation project Kinderschutzkarrieren will reconstruct the way child protection has been organized as well as case trajectories and outcomes in a west German city (Düsseldorf) between 1985 and 2015. The cooperation partners can access about 6.000 case files and a large number of documents regarding the organizational field of child protection in this city. Files and documents will be accessed via the medical child protection outpatient clinic of the Protestant Hospital in Düsseldorf (KSA) and the children and youth welfare office of the city of Düsseldorf. These data will be supplemented by interviews with former child protection clients and experts. There are three key activities within the research project with the three collaborating scientific institutes complementing each other in their research focus and methodological competence: (1) Reconstruction of the way child protection has been organized in this city in the observation period (evolution of concepts, problem constructions, work processes, interventions and inter-agency, multi-professional collaborations: University of Hildesheim), (2) file-based analysis of case histories (maltreatment episodes, diagnosis, protective and support measures, reported case trajectories: German Youth Institute and University of Koblenz-Landau), (3) biographical narratives and well-being as perceived by young adults who have been subject to child protective investigations during childhood (German Youth Institute and University of Koblenz-Landau). For the first time in Germany it will be possible to describe how children and adolescents develop after a child protection intervention. Results will be discussed with international experts, published in international journals and prepared for professional audiences in Germany.