TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Citizens' views in four jurisdictions on placement policies for maltreated children
JO  - Child and family social work
A1  - Skivenes, Marit
A1  - Thoburn, June
SP  - 1472
EP  - 1479
VL  - 22
IS  - 4
N2  - Citizens' opinions on child protection public policy are a key dimension of the legitimacy of a political order. We have conducted a survey vignette on a representative sample of citizens (N = 4,003) in England, Finland, Norway, and California, USA. The findings show that citizens' opinions are clearly in favour of adoption (75%) rather than long-term foster care (25%). Context may partly explain the findings, as the responses of the majority of Anglo-American respondents are in line with practice in their countries but for the Nordic respondents, there is a substantial discrepancy between citizens' opinions and on-going child protection practices.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1356-7500
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cfs.12369
ID  - ref1
ER  -