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Children in Immediate Danger: Emergency removals in Finnish and Irish child protection

This paper presents a qualitative analysis of front‐line practices regarding emergency removals in Finnish and Irish child protection. It examines how the responses to children's immediate danger are framed by legislation and how front‐line practitioners assess the child's situation and make emergency placement decisions.

Author(s): 
Tuuli Lamponen, Tarja Pösö, Kenneth Burns
Year of Publication: 
2018
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Resource Type: 
Journal article - abstract only
Language: 
English
Section: 
Resource Database