Search for dissertations about: "Child abuse"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 67 swedish dissertations containing the words Child abuse.

2. 1. Child Physical Abuse : Characteristics, Prevalence, Health and Risk‐taking

   Author : Eva-Maria Annerbäck; Per A Gustafsson; Grete Dyb; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : Child physical abuse; prevalence; risk factors; associations with health-problems and risk-taking behaviors; multiple abuse; MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

   Abstract : The home is supposed to provide support and safety for children but can also be the place where children suffer abuse and other adverse treatment by their parents. Violence against children in homes has been banned in Sweden for more than 30 years but it is still a considerable problem in the society and a threat to public health. READ MORE

4. 2. Child physical abuse : Reports and interventions

   Author : Charlotta Lindell; Carl Göran Svedin; Staffan Jansson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

   Abstract : This thesis was begun in 1998 at a time when increased numbers of police reports regarding child physical abuse was presented. The increase had been overshadowed by the research on the sexual abuse of children and showed that child physical abuse in Sweden had only been scarcely investigated since the institution of the Swedish anti spanking law in 1979. READ MORE

5. 3. Child protection through an abuse-focused lens : Adolescent victimization and Swedish social services responses

   Author : Hanna Linell; Astrid Schlytter; Evy Gunnarsson; Elisabeth Näsman; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; child abuse; adolescent victimization; child protection; honour-related violence; compulsory care; disclosure; Social Work; socialt arbete;

   Abstract : Knowledge concerning the social services’ use of the Care of Young Persons (Special Provisions) Act 1990:52 (CYPA) is relatively scarce, especially when it comes to the protection of adolescents victimized by abuse. The overall aim of this thesis is to investigate and discuss different conceptualisations of abuse, adolescents’ agency regarding abuse, victimization and social intervention, and how abuse and adolescent victimization are responded to, primarily by the social services. READ MORE

6. 4. Technology-assisted child sexual abuse

   Author : Malin Joleby; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; technology-assisted child sexual abuse; offender strategies; psychological health; trauma; online child sexual abuse; children’s experiences;

   Abstract : Internet communication technology has created new ways for adults to sexually abuse children, and as the world becomes more and more digitalized and children are increasingly connected, reports about online child sexual abuse are increasing. The aim of this thesis was to broaden the thus far limited knowledge about technology-assisted child sexual abuse (TA-CSA) and its consequences by using mixed methods to analyze cases (Study I: N = 122, Study II: N = 98) from Swedish courts (children aged 7–17, offenders aged 16–69), and by performing in-depth interviews with victims of TA-CSA (Study III: N = 7, aged 7–13 at the first occasion of TA-CSA, aged 17–24 at the time of the interview). READ MORE

7. 5. Child labour in Addis Ketema, Ethiopia : a study in mental health

   Author : Daniel Fekadu Wolde-Giorgis; Bruno Hägglöf; Atalay Alem; Marianne Cederblad; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; child labour; child abuse; psychiatry; Ethiopia; Child and adolescent psychiatry; Barn- och ungdomspsykiatri;

   Abstract : Background: Child labour is a very common global problem. There are an estimated over 250 million in the world, and about 7.5 million child labourers in Ethiopia. Most of the studies available to date focus on the social, political, and economical issues, but very little on mental health or psychosocial problems of child labourers. READ MORE