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  • Collaborating Against Child Abuse

    Exploring the Nordic Barnahus Model

    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.This edited collection explores the background and implementation of the Nordic Barnahus (or 'Children's House') model – recognised as one of the most important reforms related to children who are the victims of crime in the Nordic region. This book discusses both its potential to affect change and the challenges facing it. The model was ... Read more

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  • Rape in the Nordic Countries

    Continuity and Change

    Series series Routledge Research in Gender and Society
    The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780429467608, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.While the Nordic countries are listed at the top in most international rankings of gender equality and citizens’ feelings of security, studies on the prevalence of sexual victimisation present a ... Read more

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  • Justice and Recovery for Victimised Children

    Institutional Tensions in Nordic and European Barnahus Models

    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This open access book contributes to ongoing discussions about how societies should respond to children who have experienced violence and abuse by delving into the Barnahus model: a multidisciplinary and co-located model whose aim is to provide both justice and recovery to victimised children. The promising model was first implemented in the Nordic region and is currently being diffused across ... Read more

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    Supporting Offender Rehabilitation

    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This Open Access edited collection seeks to improve collaboration between criminal justice and welfare services in order to help prepare offenders for life after serving a prison sentence. It examines the potential tensions between criminal justice agencies and other organisations which are involved in the rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders, most notably those engaged in mental health ... Read more

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    International Perspectives and Promising Strategies

    Series series Global Issues in Crime and Justice
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    Implications for Professional Practice and Policy

    This open access book critically explores what child protection policy and professional practice would mean if practice was grounded in human rights standards. This book inspires a new direction in child protection research – one that critically assesses child protection policy and professional practice with regard to human rights in general, and the rights of the child in particular. Each chapter ... Read more

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    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
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