Diffusion and Governance of ‘Barnahus’ in the Nordic Countries: Report from an On-going Project

Implementing the Nordic Barnahus Model: Characteristics and Local Adaptions

“…Åström and Rejmer 2008;Swedish National Police Agency et al 2008;Kaldal et al 2010;Johansson 2011;Bakketeig et al 2012;Stefansen et al 2012;Johansson 2012;Landberg and Svedin 2013), important variations regarding the implementation of the Barnahus model are crystallising. This actualises the importance of gathering knowledge from the different countries, as well as further developing an interdisciplinary, contextual and comparative understanding.…”

“…Experiences and comparative knowledge from the different Nordic Barnahus contexts could, in turn, be of value when discussing the implementation of the Barnahus model (or similar integrated and multi-professional services) outside the Nordic welfare state context, as well as to further the development of collaborative and investigative Barnahus work within the Nordic countries. 2 One perspective that will be put forward in this chapter and throughout the book is that the diffusion and implementation of the Barnahus model may be seen to be a continuous transformation of ideas rather than simple copying or imitation (Czarniawska and Sevón 1996;Røvik 2000Røvik , 2016Johansson 2012). In this introductory chapter, we will use a contextual and comparative perspective to highlight how the model is shaped by the legal and organisational context into which it has been introduced.…”

“…The Barnahus model has been described as one of the main policy ventures related to children as crime victims in the Nordic countries in recent years (Johansson 2012), and the diffusion process in the region has been rapid and extensive. In 2016, all the Nordic countries had implemented the model in some form or other; however, various measures similar to the Barnahus model had been tried out in several Nordic countries in the years before its introduction.…”

Barnahus for Adults? Reinterpreting the Barnahus Model to Accommodate Adult Victims of Domestic Violence

“…The concept of inter-or multi-agency collaboration is often used to explain such models (for instance, Johansson 2011Johansson , 2012; however, the meaning of multi-agency collaboration is rarely spelled out. Several scholars point to the confusing terminology used to describe collaborative arrangements and multi-agency activity, which makes classification and comparison difficult (Atkinson et al 2007;Percy-Smith 2006;Blacklock and Phillips 2015).…”

“…Johansson 2012). It is an example of how organisational ideas circulate or travel between actors and places.…”