Linda Gröning from the Faculty of Law (PI) and Marit Skivenes (co-PI) from the Department of Government and Centre for Research on Discretion and Paternalism (DIPA) secured an award of NOK 12 million from the Research Council of Norway for the project investigating how best to balance children’s rights with society’s need for protection. Siri Gloppen, the Director of LawTransform, will also be involved in the project.
PROTECT (“Protecting child rights and public safety: Premises for the integration of child’s best interest and crime prevention”) project was developed in the context of the Nordic welfare state where children’s rights are strong, and where at the same time more and younger children commit criminal acts. This interdisciplinary project will combine political science, law, sociology, psychology, psychiatry, and neuroscience insights to study child welfare and law on children.
The project is focused on the four Nordic countries—Norway, Denmark, Finland, and Sweden—and will be the first cross-country socio-legal study on child rights and public safety in the context of both child protection and criminal justice systems. It is intended to not only advance the research in the field but also to have a societal impact by improving child protection interventions and youth crime prevention strategies.
More information about the project is available at the Faculty of Law and Centre for Research on Discretion and Paternalism websites.
Photo credit: Eivind Jerve, UiB.