Ce travail s’intéresse particulièrement aux violences dont les enfants placés en institutions sont l’objet, entre les maltraitances structurelles propres à l’institutionnalisation, et les maltraitances qu’elles soient physiques, psychiques ou sexuelles. Pour lutter contre ces différentes formes de violence, il conviendra de repenser les institutions actuelles et de chercher des alternatives au placement. 

This article focuses on the structural similarities and dissimilarities that exist between child protection systems in France and Switzerland, as exemplified by the evolutions of the last decade.

The Interagency Panel on Juvenile Justice seeks a part time Secretariat Coordinator to be based in Geneva, Switzerland

In this meta-analysis of 75 studies on more than 3,888 children in 19 different countries, the intellectual development of children living in children's homes (orphanages) was compared with that of children living with their (foster) families.