Young People in Reception Centres

Veronika Honkasalo, Karim Maiche, Henri Onodera, Marja Peltola & Leena Suurpää (Eds.) - Finnish Youth Research Society

The article collection 'Young people in reception centres' presents how the young people applying for asylum in Finland and the people working with them experience the first few months that follow a young person’s arrival in Finland. 

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Refugees in Europe: national overviews from key countries with a special focus on child and adolescent mental health

Matthew Hodes, Melisa Mendoza Vasquez, Dimitris Anagnostopoulos, Kalliopi Triantafyllou, Dalia Abdelhady, Karin Weiss, Roman Koposov, Fusun Cuhadaroglu, Johannes Hebebrand, Norbert Skokauskas - European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

This paper provides an overview of the post 2015 immigration crisis in key European countries with a special focus on current demographics, refugee children, mental health studies, policies and practical support available for refugees.

Findings from an evaluation of Family Finding: Experiences of Family Finders and older youth

Elizabeth Jane Greeno, Berenice Rushovich, Sarah Catherine Williams, Joshua Brusca, Kantahyanee Murray - International Social Work

The purpose of this mixed methods study was to assess the experiences of child welfare workers trained in Family Finding and to assess the experiences of the youth who participated in Family Finding. 

Screening for relational indices of care quality in applicant foster parents

Shirley-Ann Chinnery - Advances in Social Work and Welfare Education

This paper argues that assessment of relational quality of applicant foster parents must be a routine component of care practice evaluations, supported by assessment methods capable of distinguishing individual differences on the relational indices of interest. 

Educational risk, recidivism, and service access among youth involved in both the child welfare and juvenile justice systems

Rebecca A. Hirsch, Carly B. Dierkhising, Denise C. Herz - Children and Youth Services Review

Dually-involved youth represent a population of youth who receive some level of supervision from both the child welfare and juvenile justice systems concurrently. The current study examined education-related risk factors, recidivism, referrals for services, and service access among dually-involved youth in Los Angeles County, USA.

Suicide Attempts and Completions among Mothers Whose Children Were Taken into Care by Child Protection Services: A Cohort Study Using Linkable Administrative Data

Elizabeth Wall-Wieler, Leslie L. Roos, Marni Brownell, Nathan Nickel, Dan Chateau, Deepa Singal - The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

The objective of this study is to examine suicide attempts and completions among mothers who had a child taken into care by child protection services (CPS). 

Running into the Arms of Expatriation: America's Failure Addressing the Rights of Unaccompanied Migrant Children From Central America

Rebeca Garcia Gil - Maryland Journal of International Law

This Note focuses on an Advisory Opinion issued by the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights (“the Court”) regarding the rights and guarantees of migrant children and their need for international protection.

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