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SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES IN REPORTING VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN IN EUROPEAN STATES
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As Pinheiro [9] stated in the UN Report on Violence, and all other research whether new or old confirm, only a slight percentage of the widespread prevalence of violence against children is reported and followed up. This is due to several causes and results in children not receiving the help they need: the low capacity of collecting, recording and investigating reports of violence against children, the unfriendly character of child protection services, lack of common definitions, etc. We will present the similarities and differences in the reporting systems of violence against children in European states, based on a research developed in the frame of a project financed by the EC, by the Daphne III project: PIECES . The purpose of the project was to conduct in-depth investigations of 6 policy issues that address violence against children in the EU28, in order to provide a better understanding of how those policies are being implemented, monitored and evaluated. The authors of this article were responsible for being: “Reporting and follow-up”. This article will examine the topics of mandatory reporting, its accessibility and child friendliness, and the professionalization of services. Regarding the methodology, the researchers gathered expert views on policies regarding reporting systems for cases of violence against children in all 28 EU member states (MS), plus Norway. Experts from 24 countries completed the survey: Austria, Belgium (2), Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Norway, UK (England) (2), Germany (2), Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain.
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