Review article
https://doi.org/10.3935/rsp.v11i3.33
Approaches to the Care for Children without Adequate Parental Care in Europe
Marina Ajduković
; Studijski centar socijalnog rada, Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
Abstract
The paper describes the process of public deinstitutionalisation of the care for children in Europe. The indicators such as the frequency of separation, the relation between the institutional and non-institutional care, the length and reasons of accommodation were used. The number of children placed in institutions is constantly decreasing in Europe, which is primarily the result of the development of alternative forms of care. However, the comparison has shown that there are significant differences among European countries. While in the countries of Northern and Western Europe the process of deinstitutionalisation has entered its final phase, in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe it is in the beginning. Yet the consciousness that this process is necessary and unavoidable is developing everywhere.The second part of the paper compares the situation in Croatia in relation to other European countries. It has been shown that Croatia is a good example of the public care for children in South-Eastern Europe according to a series of significant indicators.
Keywords
children in care; children at risk; development of care for children in Europe
Hrčak ID:
30199
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Publication date:
1.3.2004.
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