Child Welfare Removals by the State

Download or read book Child Welfare Removals by the State written by Kenneth Burns and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Child welfare removals by the state / complex and controversial decisions / Kenneth Burns, Tarja Poso and Marit Skivenes -- Removals of children in Finland: a mix of voluntary and involuntary decisions / Tarja Poso and Raija Huhtanen -- Norway : child welfare decision-making in cases of removals of children / Marit Skivenes and Karl Harald Søvig -- Placing children in state care in Sweden : decision-making bodies, laypersons and legal framework / Gustav Svensson and Staffan Højer -- Removing children from their families due to child protection in Germany / Monika Haug and Theresia Høynck -- Child removal proceedings in Switzerland / Stefan Schnurr -- Child removal decision-making systems in Ireland : law, policy and practice / Kenneth Burns, Conor O'Mahony, Caroline Shore and Aisling Parkes -- State intervention in family life in England : safeguarding children through care proceedings and adoption / Karen Broadhurst -- How children are removed from home in the United States / Katrin Kriz, Janese Free and Grant Kuehl -- Removals of children by the child welfare system / variations and differences across countries / Kenneth Burns, Tarja Poso and Marit Skivenes -- Index