Decision making in child protection emergency cases in Norway
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11338792 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karen J Skaale Havnen (0000-0002-7087-1763, NORCE Research AS, corresponding author), Bente Heggem Kojan (0000-0002-9911-247X, Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Kristin Gärtner Askeland (0000-0003-2031-1052, NORCE Research AS), Sondre Aasen Nilsen (0000-0002-3179-1277, NORCE Research AS), Anita Skårstad Storhaug (0000-0002-2192-5761, Norwegian University of Science and Technology) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 154 |
| Pages | 107141 |
| Publication date | 2023-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Children and Youth Services Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0190-7409 • E-ISSN: 1873-7765 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107141 |
| OpenAlex | W4386170368 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 16 |
Research on decision-making factors in child protection emergency cases is scarce, and even less is known about factors that can avert emergency placement. This study aims to explore factors that distinguish emergency cases that conclude in emergency placement (EP) from emergency cases that conclude in averted emergency placement (AEP). Participants and setting: The study is based on data from an electronic survey on child protection emergency work, completed by a national sample of child protection leaders (N=154). The survey included questions on external and organisational conditions of the Child Protection Service (CPS), as well as descriptions, activities and assessments related to selected emergency cases. Sixty-three of the selected cases were concluded with EP and ninety-one cases were concluded with AEP. Group differences between EP and AEP cases were analysed using descriptive statistics and logistic regression analyses. The findings indicate that the case factor “violence at home/child abuse” and the CPS’s activity of “considering out-of-home measures” at initial assessment phase were significantly associated with EP. Activities like “home visits” and “contact with the network” were significantly associated with AEP. Crucial factors for decision-making according to the leaders were “parents’ opinion” and “resources in the network”, which were both significantly associated with AEP. The study has identified several potential important factors for averting emergency placements. Building averting capability in CPS is important to avoid the huge relational and social costs of errors relating to EP decisions
Business · Child protection · Descriptive statistics · Emergency department · Logistic regression · Medical emergency · Psychiatry · Service (business · Child Abuse and Trauma · Homelessness and Social Issues · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology
Decision making under stress
Controlling the False Discovery Rate
Factors that determine decision making in child protection investigations
Children in immediate danger
Emergency out‐of‐home placements in Norway
Pathways to permanence in England and Norway
Expedited family group engagement and child permanency
Using 'Consensual Ideology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |