A conceptual model of the relationship between maltreatment and externalizing, antisocial, and criminal behavior problems, and the intervening role of child welfare service delivery

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 10-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa Van Wert ◽  
Faye Mishna ◽  
Tina Malti
2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 61-82
Author(s):  
Hilde Anette Aamodt

Artikkelens tema er hvordan barnevernet, gjennom sine kommunikative beslutninger, skaper praksis. Mer konkret har jeg undersøkt hvordan saksbehandlerne i barnevernetsundersøkelser kommer frem til beslutninger gjennom å forholde seg til ulike forventninger. Gjennom analysen synliggjøres det hvordan barnevernetsundersøkelser langt på veiblir styrt av forventninger den enkelte saksbehandler og forelder ønsker å innfri. Disse handler for eksempel om å ha minst en samtale med barnet, samt å følge en undersøkerplan. Dermed blir det å ikke følge undersøkerplanen eller det å ikke snakke med barnet sett som usikre handlingsvalg mot målet om å sikre ”den gode undersøkelse”. Barnevernets beslutninger vil dermed inngå i et i et rasjonaliseringsprogram hvor hensikten eller målet er å unngå risiko. På den måten synes barnevernetsundersøkelser å være styrt av en risikopolitikk som tjenerhensikten å være på den sikre siden og hvor fremtidens nødvendige uvisshetblirbarnevernets problem. Risikopolitikken bringer barnevernetinn i enpraksis det ikke selv har definert og setter dermed barnevernetinn i en tilstandav fare. Politikken påleggerbarnevernet å omsette alle svake punkter tilforebyggelsesprogrammer med den hensikten å sikre ”den gode praksis”. Detbetyr en praksis hvor standardisering og maler blir de mest opplagte svarene.På den måtenblir det barnevernet som organisasjon som bærer ansvaret foreventuelle feilvurderinger – ikke den politikken som ligger til grunn for handlingene.Ansvaret dyttes dermed over på barnevernets ansatte. Søgeord: Niklas Luhmann, risikopolitikk, barnevern, beslutninger, sosialtarbeid ENGELSK ABSTRACT: Hilde AnetteAamodt: Making decisions due to “risk” The purpose of this article is to analyze how child welfare services create practice through communicative decisions. It analyzes how caseworkers in child welfare investigations arrive at their decisions by dealing with different expectations. The analysis showed that child welfare investigations are controlled to a great extent by a predetermined template that defines what will happen during these investigations. The caseworkers have clear expectations as they attempt to follow fulfill the plan. These include having at least one conversation with the child, as well as following the examination template. Therefore not doing one or either of these is considered an unsafe action as regards “doing a good examination.” Decisions about the child’s welfare will therefore be part of a rational program, where the purpose or goal is to avoid risk. In that way, child welfare investigations appear to be governed by a risk policy that serves the purpose of being on the safe side, and where any uncertainties in the future become the problem of the welfare agency. This risk policy means that the child welfare service practice is not clearly defined, hence endangering child welfare. The policy requires the child welfare service to transform all weak points in the prevention programs to ensure “good practice”. This means that standardization and templates are the most obvious answers to good practice. In this way, the child welfare service is an organization which bears responsibility itself for any errors of judgment – not the policies themselves. Responsibility is hence transferred to the child welfare service employees. Keywords: NiklasLuhmann, risk politics, social work, child welfare, decisions


Res Rhetorica ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Klaudia Szyma

This study offers a critical evaluation of news values by four selected contemporary media outlets: BBC News, The Federalist, OneEurope and Dagbladet. The material covers the controversy around the Norwegian Child Welfare Service with cases of children being taken away from their families, thus it involves cultural and legal aspects of the issue. The analytic categories are based on news value research guidelines that were introduced in the study by Johan Galtung and Mari H. Ruge (1965). In parallel, the philosophical reference is construed through the works by Artur Schopenhauer and Anton Powell. This, in turn, allows evaluating the language that construes newsworthiness from an eristic perspective. The study demonstrates how the eristic application of news values may influence the fair presentation of an issue, at least when a case is presented as involving a controversy. The focus is on the eristic tools of news value enhancement which lead to channeling consumers’ attention in a desirable manner.


Author(s):  
Muhammad Abbas ◽  
Asif Ali ◽  
Muhammad Ahsan Khalid

The paper investigates the critical role of organisational commitment between leadership style and employees’ performance. Generally, the relationship between leadership style and the organisational performance has been discussed widely but ignoring the employees’ performance. It has been accepted that the organisational commitment leads to higher employee performance but the existing literature has not focused much on this view. A conceptual model has been developed which links the constructs together.The model reveals the missing link of organisational commitment between leadership style and employees’ performance. The sample of 242 was collected from the managers and employees of manufacturing and service organisations. The finding confirmed that organisational commitment acted as a mediator between the leadership style and employees’ performance.  


Author(s):  
J. Gilbert Silvius

The relationship between IT and value is complex and often disputed. Researchers and practitioners have created numerous models and valuation methods to capture this value. Although payoffs from IT investment are a function of strategic alignment, most of these models do not address the alignment of business and IT as a factor that influences or creates value. This paper explores the role of business and IT alignment in the valuation methods of IT assets and investments. It focuses on the impacts resulting from the use of IT assets, considering the function and nature of the impacts. It also explores the alignment of IT valuation and business strategy. The paper is concluded with the construction of a comprehensive selection model that provides guidance for aligning the IT valuation method with the specific characteristics, impacts and organizational context of an IT asset or investment.


Author(s):  
J. Gilbert Silvius

The relationship between IT and value is complex and often disputed. Researchers and practitioners have created numerous models and valuation methods to capture this value. Although payoffs from IT investment are a function of strategic alignment, most of these models do not address the alignment of business and IT as a factor that influences or creates value. This paper explores the role of business and IT alignment in the valuation methods of IT assets and investments. It focuses on the impacts resulting from the use of IT assets, considering the function and nature of the impacts. It also explores the alignment of IT valuation and business strategy. The paper is concluded with the construction of a comprehensive selection model that provides guidance for aligning the IT valuation method with the specific characteristics, impacts and organizational context of an IT asset or investment.


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