Child and adult protection

​Social and health policy measures between "protection" and "self-determination", e.g. out-of-home placement or coercive accommodation, always lie in the field of tension between welfare and coercion. Within the scope of the past “poverty law” and guardianship system as well as with regard to today’s child and adult protection, the authorities intervene into families and into the ability of individuals to act. Children, teens, and their parents as well as adults are impacted by these interventions. Social and economic developments coin changes to the zeitgeist and to legal understanding. The projects in this module investigate how the significance of concepts of “need for protection”, self-determination, ability to judge, and many more have changed over the course of time as well as examining their former and current impact.

Ongoing research projects

Placements of minors in border regions: Valais and Ticino

http://www.nfp76.ch/en/projects/child-and-adult-protection/project-cattacin

Prof. Dr. Sandro Cattacin, Prof. Dr. Daniel Stoecklin, Dr. Toni Ricciardi

The public discourse on the child and adult protection services (KESB)

http://www.nfp76.ch/en/projects/child-and-adult-protection/project-sager

Prof. Dr. Fritz Sager

Unaccompanied Minor Refugees in Institutional Care

http://www.nfp76.ch/en/projects/child-and-adult-protection/project-rieker

Prof. Dr. Peter Rieker