Policy Press

Protecting Children, Creating Citizens

Participatory Child Protection Practice in Norway and the United States

By Katrin Križ

Published

Mar 1, 2022

Page count

190 pages

ISBN

978-1447355892

Dimensions

234 x 156 mm

Imprint

Policy Press

Published

Sep 23, 2020

Page count

190 pages

ISBN

978-1447355885

Dimensions

234 x 156 mm

Imprint

Policy Press

Published

Sep 23, 2020

Page count

190 pages

ISBN

978-1447355915

Dimensions

Imprint

Policy Press

Published

Sep 23, 2020

Page count

190 pages

ISBN

978-1447355915

Dimensions

Imprint

Policy Press
Protecting Children, Creating Citizens

This book examines a participatory approach in child protection practices in both Norway and the United States, despite key organizational differences.

Križ explores ways that children can be empowered to participate in child protection investigations and decisions after removal from home. The author shows how children can be encouraged to develop and express their own opinions and explores tools for child protection workers to negotiate complex boundaries around the inclusion of children in decision-making.

She presents valuable insights from front-line child protection professionals’ unique perspectives and experiences within two very different systems, and evaluates the impacts of different organizational practices in promoting children’s participation.

Katrin Križ is Professor of Sociology at Emmanuel College, Boston.

Introduction

Children’s participation as contested practice

Non- participation triggers

Participation triggers

Doing participation

Youth citizens

Protecting children, creating citizens

Appendix 1: Research methods

Appendix 2: Discussion questions