Collaborating Against Child Abuse: Exploring the Nordic Barnahus Model

Abstract

Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Photos -- 1 Implementing the Nordic Barnahus Model: Characteristics and Local Adaptions -- Introduction -- The Barnahus Idea -- A Multi-professional Approach -- The One Door Principle -- Avoiding Secondary Victimisation -- A Safe Place for Disclosure and Neutral Place for Professional Interventions -- A Broad Target Group and Definition of Child Abuse -- The Nordic Welfare State Context -- The Child Welfare System -- The Criminal Justice System -- Child-Friendly Justice -- The Child Rights Perspective -- The Nordic Barnahus Model(s) -- Comparing Key Characteristics and Local Adaptions -- Types of Abuse and Target Groups -- Implementation and Regulation -- Central Coordination and Collaboration -- Concluding Remarks -- Outline of the Book -- Themes and Chapters -- References -- Part I Child-Friendliness, Support and Treatment -- 2 Staging a Caring Atmosphere: Child-Friendliness in Barnahus as a Multidimensional Phenomenon -- Introduction -- Staging Atmospheres: Articulations of Child-Friendliness in Key Texts -- Perceived Atmospheres: Children and Caretaker Experiences of Barnahus -- Concluding Thoughts -- Afterword -- References -- 3 To Be Summoned to Barnahus: Children's Perspectives -- Introduction -- Routines in Swedish Barnahus -- Methods -- Barnahus from Children's Perspectives: A House of Police -- Scary but Necessary: To Be Summoned Without Parent's Knowledge -- Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- 4 Treatment in Barnahus: Implementing Combined Treatment for Children and Parents in Physical Abuse Cases -- Introduction -- Combined Parent-Child Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CPC-CBT) -- Child Treatment -- Parent Treatment -- Joint Sessions -- Implementation and Adaptions to the Swedish Context -- Results.