School of Health and Social Studies, Dalarna University, SE-791 88 Falun, Sweden.
Department of Government, Uppsala University, Box 514, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden.
Child Abuse Negl. 2022 Nov;133:105828. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105828. Epub 2022 Aug 16.
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child prohibits all forms of violence against children. Sweden was early in introducing a ban on disciplinary violence; however, difficulties have been noted in identifying children in need of protection and providing help for children exposed to violence.
The purpose of this study was to explore the social services' police reporting and children's access to protection and support in cases of physical and sexual child abuse.
The sample consisted of 291 child welfare reports from three Swedish municipalities. Data were collected from child welfare reports, investigations, and child social records and analyzed using quantitative content analysis.
A majority of the cases, including cases with a high indication for police reporting, were not reported to the police by the social services. Although the child in 60.1 % of cases provided information about violence, 70.7 % of all child welfare investigations were completed without support measures, and only 8.2 % led to protection or support linked to violence. Children's participation was limited, suggesting inadequate conditions for children's access to protection and support.
Children's right to protection against violence requires the recognition of children as active participants with access to safe participation. Failure to report suspected crimes against children risks minimizing acts of violence or making violence invisible. Difficulties in handling conflicts of interest between children and parents risk neither protection nor support being provided for the child.
《联合国儿童权利公约》禁止一切形式的针对儿童的暴力行为。瑞典在较早的时候就已经禁止了纪律性暴力，但在识别需要保护的儿童以及为遭受暴力的儿童提供帮助方面存在困难。
本研究旨在探讨社会服务机构在儿童遭受身体和性虐待时向警方报案以及为儿童提供保护和支持的情况。
该样本由瑞典三个城市的 291 份儿童福利报告组成。数据来自儿童福利报告、调查和儿童社会记录，并使用定量内容分析法进行分析。
大多数案件，包括那些高度需要向警方报案的案件，都没有被社会服务机构报告给警方。尽管 60.1%的案例中的儿童提供了关于暴力的信息，但在所有儿童福利调查中，有 70.7%没有采取支持措施，只有 8.2%导致了与暴力有关的保护或支持。儿童的参与受到限制，这表明儿童获得保护和支持的条件不足。
儿童免受暴力侵害的权利需要承认儿童是积极的参与者，并能够安全地参与其中。未能报告涉嫌侵害儿童的犯罪行为可能会导致对暴力行为的轻视或使其变得不可见。在处理儿童与父母之间的利益冲突时存在困难，这可能会导致既无法为儿童提供保护，也无法为其提供支持。
