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Children’s rights and violence: A case analysis at a Swedish boarding school

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Drawing on the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the article highlights various conceptions of violence at a Swedish boarding school and is based on a critical discourse analysis… Click to show full abstract

Drawing on the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the article highlights various conceptions of violence at a Swedish boarding school and is based on a critical discourse analysis of different educational and media documents. The investigation indicates that ambitions to protect children from violence need to overcome the dichotomy of private and public in order to protect children affected by violence in the borderland between the private and public spheres.

Keywords: violence; boarding school; analysis; swedish boarding; children rights

Journal Title: Childhood
Year Published: 2017

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