Collaboration between Criminal Justice and Child Protection in Cases of Child Sexual Abuse: Unveiling Inhibiting and Facilitating Factors

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dc.contributor.authorEilfgang, J., Bayer, L., Cigelski, M., Mensing, F., von Seeler, I., Sewald, H., & Pülschen, S.
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-25T19:13:56Z
dc.date.available2024-04-25T19:13:56Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractVictims of child sexual abuse (CSA) in criminal proceedings face a range of stress factors. In response to this, collaboration between criminal justice and child protection professionals has been established both legally and informally, such as in the newly established Childhood Houses in Germany, which follow the model of the Scandinavian Barnahus to reduce stress and prevent revictimisation. This study intends to identify facilitating and inhibiting factors in the collaboration between the child protection and criminal justice systems in cases of CSA in Germany. Twenty-eight qualitative interviews with experts from child protection, like counselling centre employees (n = 5), psychosocial court supporters (n = 5) and youth welfare office workers (n = 5), and the criminal justice system, like prosecutors (n = 5), police officers (n = 5) and attorneys (n = 3). The interviews are structured by a questionnaire and analysed using Kuckartz’s method of qualitative content analysis (QCA). Findings show that key factors like information flow, assessments of collaboration partners, uncertainties about laws and actors’ perspectives on reporting and networking determine the success or failure of interagency collaboration.
dc.identifier.citationEilfgang, J., Bayer, L., Cigelski, M., Mensing, F., von Seeler, I., Sewald, H., & Pülschen, S. (2024). Collaboration between Criminal Justice and Child Protection in Cases of Child Sexual Abuse: Unveiling Inhibiting and Facilitating Factors. Child Abuse Review, 33(2), e2868.
dc.identifier.urihttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/car.2868
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11212/6207
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherChild Abuse Review
dc.subjectchild protection
dc.subjectchild sexual abuse
dc.subjectcriminal justice
dc.subjectinterview
dc.subjectcollaboration
dc.subjectGermany
dc.subjectInternational publications
dc.titleCollaboration between Criminal Justice and Child Protection in Cases of Child Sexual Abuse: Unveiling Inhibiting and Facilitating Factors
dc.typeArticle

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