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Violence Against Children – between Denial and Prosecution
Abstract Submissions Closed
RC53 Sociology of Childhood (host committee)
Language: English
Session Type: Oral
Children are affected by violence more often than any other group in society and this violence is in turn also ignored, trivialized or even legitimized to an above-average degree. For a long time, the nation states as guardians of the welfare of the child were only marginally interested in uncovering and preventing this violence. Only through the activities of the international organizations, their data collections and their publicity-effective reports and of course through the UNCRC did some states come under pressure. To the present day, however, not all states have passed a law that outlaws violence in the education of children. And even if they have decided to do so, they have taken on the task of preventing violence to very different degrees. The same applies to the detection and sustainable documentation of violence against children.
In this session we welcome papers that deal with the recognition or denial of the problem of children’s victimization in different countries, institutions, social groups. The may focus on legislative processes, political debates, parliamentary disputes in regard to violence against children, on programs of prevention and intervention. Who are their protagonists and political opponents, what is their argumentation, and what about their effects? We appreciate as well contributions focusing on domestic violence in a broader sense and the consideration of their relevance for children, hence thematizing the interconnectedness with gender violence.