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PERCEPTIONS OF VIOLENCE WITHIN CHILD PROTECTION SYSTEMS IN RUSSIA: VIEWS OF CHILDREN, PARENTS, AND SOCIAL WORKERS. / Odinokova, Veronika; Rusakova, Maia; Avdeeva, Vladlena.
Victim, Perpetrator, or What Else? . Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., 2019. p. 107-121 (Sociological Studies of Children and Youth ; Vol. 25).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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T1 - PERCEPTIONS OF VIOLENCE WITHIN CHILD PROTECTION SYSTEMS IN RUSSIA: VIEWS OF CHILDREN, PARENTS, AND SOCIAL WORKERS
AU - Odinokova, Veronika
AU - Rusakova, Maia
AU - Avdeeva, Vladlena
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - This is a study on perceptions of child abuse and interventions in cases of abuse in the Family and Childhood Support Centres in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It raises the following questions: what is the divergence between the level of abuse experienced by a child and that recognized by adults? What are the conditions for recognition of the child as a victim of abuse by social workers? What interventions will the family and the child receive when the child recognized as a victim? To answer these questions, we conducted qualitative interviews with children and parents along with the social workers supporting them. The study confirms that children face abuse much more often than is recognized by adults. The child is more likely to be recognized as a victim if the parent reported the abuse, the abuse led to physical injury, or if it happened in the family. The child may be recognized as a victim if the child’s entry point into the system is through runaway or delinquent behaviour. However, in these cases, the child would more likely be treated as deviant than victimized. The child is less likely to be recognized as a victim in cases of corporal punishment within the family or abuse outside of the family (i.e., school bullying). Intervention into a case of abuse is usually focused on the mother of the child and involves enhanced supervision and social control of both the mother and the child.
AB - This is a study on perceptions of child abuse and interventions in cases of abuse in the Family and Childhood Support Centres in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It raises the following questions: what is the divergence between the level of abuse experienced by a child and that recognized by adults? What are the conditions for recognition of the child as a victim of abuse by social workers? What interventions will the family and the child receive when the child recognized as a victim? To answer these questions, we conducted qualitative interviews with children and parents along with the social workers supporting them. The study confirms that children face abuse much more often than is recognized by adults. The child is more likely to be recognized as a victim if the parent reported the abuse, the abuse led to physical injury, or if it happened in the family. The child may be recognized as a victim if the child’s entry point into the system is through runaway or delinquent behaviour. However, in these cases, the child would more likely be treated as deviant than victimized. The child is less likely to be recognized as a victim in cases of corporal punishment within the family or abuse outside of the family (i.e., school bullying). Intervention into a case of abuse is usually focused on the mother of the child and involves enhanced supervision and social control of both the mother and the child.
KW - child abuse
KW - child protection
KW - parents
KW - Russia
KW - social work
KW - Violence
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85074660889&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1108/S1537-466120190000025007
DO - 10.1108/S1537-466120190000025007
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85074660889
T3 - Sociological Studies of Children and Youth
SP - 107
EP - 121
BT - Victim, Perpetrator, or What Else?
PB - Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
ER -
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