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Preventing Violence Against Children: Powers of the Children’s Ombudsperson
Published in:
Conference Papers -- Law & Society, , Page: N.PAG
Publication Date:
2004/05/27/2004 Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL
Aims & Objectives:
The aim of this study was to examine variation in the legislated powers held by national offices of children's ombudspersons affecting children's rights
Abstract:
Policy makers often designate the 'public' and 'private' sectors as responsible for different social-policy provision. Often times a gap is discovered between public and private social-policy provision through which a vulnerable group falls. An important example is children and their rights. A child's rights are usually enforced by his or her parents, but when parents fail to enforce their child's rights, who is responsible? Many people would answer the public sector, but in the United States and many other countries, this answer is incorrect. The office of children's ombudsperson has arisen in this gap between the public and private sectors. Across the world, over thirty national governments have established offices of children's ombudspersons. These children's ombudspersons are generally charged with enforcing children's rights. Great variation exists among the legislated powers these ombudspersons hold, however, with some ombudspersons allowed to sue public and private actors on behalf of a child. Many children's ombudspersons have limited legislated powers. This paper seeks to examine variation in the legislated powers held by national offices of children's ombudspersons affecting children's rights. It employs Fuzzy-Set Analyses of explanations of legislated powers possessed by approximately 35 offices of children's ombudspersons. It also considers close-case comparisons of the offices of children's ombudspersons in Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. We believe this research represents the first comparative analysis of the powers these offices of children's ombudspersons hold. It seeks to determine whether the children's ombudsperson can enforce children's rights as an effort to prevent vulnerable groups from falling into the public-private gap. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Conference Papers -- Law & Society is the property of Law & Society Association and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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Study Type:
Study Papers » Case Study » Descriptive Studies - Without a comparision
Notes:
Conference Paper Accession Number: 17987164; Gran, Brian 1; Email Address: brian.gran@case.edu; Schroeder, Casey 1; Email Address: Casey.Schroeder@Case.Edu; Aliberti, Dawn 1; Email Address: Dawn.Aliberti@Case.Edu; Affiliations: 1: Case Western Reserve University. Source Info: 2004 Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, pN.PAG; Thesaurus Term: CHILDREN -- Crimes against; Thesaurus Term: PRIVATE sector; Thesaurus Term: PUBLIC sector; Thesaurus Term: CHILDREN'S rights; Subject Term: CHILDREN & violence; Subject Term: UNITED States; Number of Pages: 0p. Document Type: Conference Paper
Categories:
the Children' Ombudsperson
International Classification:
Legal or care issues
Keywords:
- CHILDREN -- Crimes against
- CHILDREN & violence
- CHILDREN''S rights
- Private Sector
- Public Sector
- United States
Geography:
International