Institutional violence against children in residential care: a critical analysis of the Chilean alternative care system, from a children's rights perspective, and a review of family-based alternatives for deinstitutionalization.
The study consists on a literature review that critically analyses Chile´s child protection and alternative care systems, from a children´s rights perspective, by focusing on the institutional violence suffered by children in residential care. First, it provides a contextualization of the issue by d...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis de maestría |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2018 |
| País: | Chile |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.anid.cl:10533/232955 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10533/232955 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Ciencias Sociales Otras Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales, interdisciplinaria |
| Sumario: | The study consists on a literature review that critically analyses Chile´s child protection and alternative care systems, from a children´s rights perspective, by focusing on the institutional violence suffered by children in residential care. First, it provides a contextualization of the issue by describing the international framework on children´s rights, a general characterization of the situation of children in Chile, particularly concerning violence, and a description of the structure and functioning of the child protection system, specifically regarding residential care. Second, it identifies, describes and analyses the main manifestations of institutional violence against children in residential care. Third, it examines kinship, foster care and adoption and identifies the main limitations of these family-based alternatives. Finally, it describes the main progresses made and pending challenges in the child protection system regarding alternative care and provides recommendations to improve the system and address the limitations identified. The study shows that the Chilean residential system has proved to be, on its majority, detrimental for children´s integral well-being. All information reviewed show the extensive and systematic practices of institutional violence, which include unjustified placements, long stays in care, poor living conditions, negligence, physical, physiological and sexual violence, isolation, family and community uprooting, among other critical issues. Furthermore, family-based alternatives present important shortcomings, many of which coincide with those of residential care, resulting as well in poor quality of the care provided and children´s rights violations. Accordingly, the study highlights the urgent need to generate profound cultural and structural changes to reduce institutionalization, improve and prioritize family-based alternative care for children and guarantee children´s rights. |
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