Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Kojan, Bente Heggem"
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A comparison of systems and outcomes for safeguarding children in Australia and Norway
Kojan, Bente Heggem; Lonne, Bob (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-02)Using aggregated national data, this paper compares outcomes of Australian ‘child protection’ (CP) and Norwegian ‘child welfare services’ (CWS).We highlight each nation’s context and key elements of their CP/CWS organizations, ... -
Emergency out-of-home placements in Norway: Parents' experiences
Storhaug, Anita S.; Kojan, Bente Heggem (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)The number of emergency placements of children has increased rapidly in Norway over the recent years. Nevertheless, there is little knowledge about how parents experience the processes involved in emergency placements. We ... -
Enslige mødre i kontakt med barnevernet
Storhaug, Anita Skårstad; Kojan, Bente Heggem; Kvaran, Inge (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Enslige mødre er overrepresentert blant familier som er i kontakt med barnevernet. Med utgangspunkt i data fra surveyundersøkelsen i det landsomfattende prosjektet «Det nye barnevernet», ser vi på om enslige mødres situasjon ... -
Human Rights in Child Protection Rights-Based Practice and Marginalized Children in Child Protection Work
Kojan, Bente Heggem; Clifford, Graham (Chapter, 2018)Our point of departure in this chapter is to ask whether the avowed aim of a preventative approach in child protection, with strategies that set out to avoid the very large moral and economic costs of placement outside the ... -
Klasseblikk på et barnevern i vekst
Kojan, Bente Heggem (Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2011:134, Doctoral thesis, 2011)Avhandlingen belyser hvordan klasse og status virker inn på forekomst av klientskap i barnevernet, og begrepene klasse og status brukes som mål på ulikhet. Med ulikhet forstås at noen individer og grupper har tilgang til ... -
Norwegian Child Welfare Services: A Successful Program for Protecting and Supporting Vulnerable Children and Parents?
Kojan, Bente Heggem (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-03-18)This paper describes and analyses the program of Child Welfare Services (CWS) in Norway, using primary sources, aggregated data from Statistics Norway (SSB) and data from a recent study of 715 parents in contact with CWS. ... -
Norwegian child welfare workers' perceptions of emergency placements
Storhaug, Anita S.; Kojan, Bente Heggem; Fjellvikås, Grethe (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Emergency placements in child welfare services have increased during the last 10 years in Norway. At the time of placement, some of these children have been in the child welfare system for several years. Based on qualitative ... -
Social Class and Child Welfare: Intertwining Issues of Redistribution and Recognition
Fauske, Halvor; Kojan, Bente Heggem; Storhaug, Anita S. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)By the end of the 20th century, social class appeared to be an old-fashioned and outdated concept. Serious doubts were expressed about the theoretical and empirical relevance of social class in understanding inequalities ... -
Social justice beyond neoliberal welfare nationalism: challenges of increasing immigration to Sweden and Norway
Jönsson, Jessica H.; Kojan, Bente Heggem (Journal article, 2017)This article critically examines the socio-political responses of Sweden and Norway to the increasing of immigration and refugees in 2015/16. Based on a review of governmental and municipal authorities’ responses to the ... -
"Underdog"? : barnevernarbeideres erfaringer fra å møte høystatusfamilier
Kojan, Bente Heggem (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)