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To Be Summoned to Barnahus: Children's Perspectives

Olsson, Ann-Margreth E. and Kläfverud, Maria LU (2017) p.57-74
Abstract
This chapter presents and analyses children’s narratives about being summoned to, arriving at and visiting a Barnahus. The children felt welcomed as guests, but hard work awaited them in the police investigative interview in front of frightening cameras and with strangers watching in an adjacent room. The children found that they needed more information about what was going on and why. From the children’s perspective, Barnahus became a house where children meet the police in serious matters. This chapter concludes with suggestions for further research and reflections for practitioners in consideration of children’s experiences of procedures and of being addressed as non-acting objects—instead of the acting subjects, the children talked... (More)
This chapter presents and analyses children’s narratives about being summoned to, arriving at and visiting a Barnahus. The children felt welcomed as guests, but hard work awaited them in the police investigative interview in front of frightening cameras and with strangers watching in an adjacent room. The children found that they needed more information about what was going on and why. From the children’s perspective, Barnahus became a house where children meet the police in serious matters. This chapter concludes with suggestions for further research and reflections for practitioners in consideration of children’s experiences of procedures and of being addressed as non-acting objects—instead of the acting subjects, the children talked about themselves as being, and acted as, in the research interviews. (Less)
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keywords
Barnahus, Summons, Children's perspectives, Participation, Social work
host publication
Collaborating Against Child Abuse : Exploring the Nordic Barnahus Model - Exploring the Nordic Barnahus Model
editor
Johansson, Susanna ; Stefansen, Kari ; Bakketeig, Elisiv and Kaldal, Anna
pages
18 pages
publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
external identifiers
  • scopus:85042759833
ISBN
978-3-319-58388-4
978-3-319-58387-7
language
English
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yes
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f6f31922-45ea-45f0-b194-eee6af0d366d
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https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-58388-4_3
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2017-12-29 09:13:46
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  author       = {{Olsson, Ann-Margreth E. and Kläfverud, Maria}},
  booktitle    = {{Collaborating Against Child Abuse : Exploring the Nordic Barnahus Model}},
  editor       = {{Johansson, Susanna and Stefansen, Kari and Bakketeig, Elisiv and Kaldal, Anna}},
  isbn         = {{978-3-319-58388-4}},
  keywords     = {{Barnahus; Summons; Children's perspectives; Participation; Social work}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{57--74}},
  publisher    = {{Palgrave Macmillan}},
  title        = {{To Be Summoned to Barnahus: Children's Perspectives}},
  url          = {{https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-58388-4_3}},
  year         = {{2017}},
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