CAPS is a broad-based research project designed to analyse children’s knowing agency following their parents’ separation. The component studies examine how children's agency and knowledge take shape in private, multiprofessional and societal settings and how their voices become heard in the dialogues between social work, education and law. The work rests on the conviction that children have a right to knowledge and agency under what are victimising, high-risk circumstances and that they are entitled to protection in the private, multiprofessional and societal settings they encounter.
CAPS addresses its chosen topics through a variety of approaches and data, with the sources including interviews with children and young people, therapeutic action group sessions for children, a survey of young people and case files on court judgements on stalking.
CAPS will contribute a better understanding of stalking and of the needs of children who have been victims of it. Its results will also serve to promote children’s and young people’s rights, enrich practices and inform policy-making.
With a focus on children and young people, the project aims to:
The project is advised by a national steering committee and supported by a network of national and international partners prepared to promoting the research process and the dissemination of results.
1 Sep 2017 – 31 Aug 2021
Are you interested in participating the study? If so, please contact Anna Nikupeteri anna.nikupeteri(at)ulapland.fi or call tel. +35840 484 4179.
Nollalinja > tel. 080 005 005. Nollalinja helps anyone who has experienced psychological, physical or sexual violence or threat of violence in an intimate relationship, family members of victims of violence and professionals and officials who need advice in their customer work. Calling to Nollalinja is free of charge. You can talk to our professionals in Finnish, Swedish or English. Women's Line > tel. 0800 02400. Women’s Line is meant for every woman and girl suffering from abuse, threats or fear. VARJO-project > VARJO is a research and development project focusing on stalking.
Nikupeteri, A., Lappi, C., Lohiniva-Kerkelä, M., Kauppi, A. & Laitinen, M. 2017: Potentiaalisesti tappava parisuhde? Erotilanteen uhkaavuus ja uhrien suojaamisen edellytykset sukupuolistuneen väkivallan viitekehyksessä. Oikeus 46 (3), 290–309.
Laitinen, M. & Nikupeteri, A., Hurtig, J. 2018: Häiritsevä tieto ja toimijuus: lapset vanhempien eron jälkeisessä vainossa [Disturbing knowledge and agency: Children’s experiences of parental stalking]. Teoksessa Valkonen, J. (toim.): Häiritsevä yhteiskuntatutkimus [Disturbing social science research]. Lapland University Press, Rovaniemi, 23–50.
Laitinen, M. & Nikupeteri, A. 2018: Researching Children’s Experiences of Parental Stalking: Narrative Research on Sensitive Topics with Children and Young People. ResearchMethods Cases. Sage Publishing. Nikupeteri, A. & Laitinen, M. 2017: Lasten sensitiivisten kokemusten tutkimisen metodologiset valinnat – Esimerkkinä vanhempien eron jälkeisen vainon tutkimusprosessi. Kasvatus & Aika 11 (1), 6–23. Nikupeteri, A. 2017: Stalked Lives: Finnish Women’s Emotional Experiences of Post-Separation Stalking. Nordic Social Work Research 17 (1), 6–17. Nikupeteri, A. 2016: Vainottuna. Eron jälkeisen vainon tunnistaminen ja uhrien kohtaaminen. [Being Stalked: Recognizing Post-Separation Stalking and Helping its Victims].Acta Universitatis Lapponiensis 336. Lapin yliopisto. Rovaniemi.
25.4.2018 Kasvatus & Aika -lehden vuoden 2017 parhaan artikkelin palkinto Nikupeteri, A. & Laitinen, M.: Lasten sensitiivisten kokemusten tutkimisen metodologiset valinnat – Esimerkkinä vanhempien eron jälkeisen vainon tutkimusprosessi (Kasvatus & Aika 1/2017).
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10.4.2018 Professori Merja Laitisen ja tutkijatohtori Anna Nikupeterin “Researching children’s experiences of parental stalking: Learning from co-operation between researchers and practitioners” valittiin neljän parhaan jätetyn abstraktin joukkoon kansainvälisessä ja monitieteisessä BASPCAN’n konferenssissa.
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11.12.2017
New book published by the Federation of Mother and Child Homes and Shelters
Laitinen, Kinnunen & Hannus (toim.) 2017: Varjosta valoon. Eron jälkeisen vainon tunnistaminen, katkaisu ja uhrien selviytymisen tukeminen. Ensi- ja turvakotien liitto. Helsinki.
24.1.2017
Storybook published by the Federation of Mother and Child Homes and Shelters
Timo Harjun kirjoittama ja Nina Haikon kuvittama satukirja Satu kameleontille ja muita satuja sinulle on syntynyt VARJO-hankkeen ideasta vainoa kohdanneiden lasten auttamiseksi. Satukirja on tarkoitettu erityisesti eron jälkeistä vainoa kokeneille lapsille, mutta myös muille lapsille, jotka joutuvat kohtaamaan vanhempien eron. Kirjan on kustantanut Ensi- ja turvakotien liitto.
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Principal Investigator Professor Social Work tel. +358 40 509 2153 merja.laitinen(at)ulapland.fi Research Profile LaCRIS > ResearchGate >
Professor Teacher Education tel. + 358 40 484 4124 tuija.turunen(at)ulapland.fi Research Profile LaCRIS > ResearchGate >
Associate Professor Law tel. + 358 40 484 4024 mirva.lohiniva-kerkela(at)ulapland.fi Research Profile LaCRIS >
Postdoctoral Researcher Social Work tel. +358 40 484 4179 anna.nikupeteri(at)ulapland.fi Research Profile LaCRIS > ResearchGate >
University Lecturer Social Work te. + 358 40 484 4157 kati.kallinen(at)ulapland.fi Research Profile LaCRIS >
Postdoctoral researcher Law tel. + 358 50 584 9617 sanna.koulu(at)ulapland.fi
University Lecturer Public Law tel. +358 40 484 4220 arto.kauppi(at)ulapland.fi Research Profile LaCRIS >
Lecturer Statistics tel + 358 40 736 3666 pekka.vasari(at)ulapland.fi Research Profile LaCRIS >
Research Assistant Social Work
Helena Ewalds works as a Head of Unit and Development Manager at the Department of Government Services, National Institute for Health and Welfare. She is a national expert on violence against women and domestic violence. She has experience at a local level in the municipalities as well as at a national and international level in developing strategies to prevent violence against women.
National Institute for Health and Welfare >
As a young Expert by Experience, I want to advocate the voice of children and young people and promote the rights of the many who live in difficult family circumstances.
Kristiina Laitinen is a psychologist and works as a Counsellor of Education at the Finnish National Agency for Education.
Finnish National Agency for Education >
Sirkku Mehtola works as an Executive Director at VIOLA - Free from Violence, a member association of the Federation of Mother and Child Homes and Shelters.
VIOLA – Free from Violence >
Kevät Nousiainen is Professor Emerita of Comparative Law and Legal Theory at the University of Turku and has worked extensively with gender studies in law.
Mikko Oranen is a Licentiate of Psychology with a specialist degree in developmental psychology. He is the Development Director at Nuorten Ystävät (NY). NY provides social services for children, young people and families.
Minna Piispa has a Doctor of Social Science degree and works as a Ministerial Adviser at the Department of Criminal Policy of the Ministry of Justice. Her many tasks include the coordination of initiatives for the prevention of violence in intimate relationships. She is also the Executive Secretary of the Council for Crime Prevention.
Kirsi Pollari is a lawyer working as a Senior Advisor at the Central Union for Child Welfare. She is engaged in advocacy work relating to children's rights at both a governmental and a regional level.
Central Union for Child Welfare >
Consultant Adjunct Professor, University of Alaska Anchorage
University of Alaska Anchorage > Futures Without Violence / E-Bulletin > Futures Without Violence / Review of Interventions for Children Exposed to Violence >
Professor in Early Childhood Studies Charles Sturt University, Australia
University profile > ResearchGate >
Professor in Social Work Ersta Sköndal Bräcke, Sweden
Profile >
Lecturer in Childhood and Youth Liverpool Hope University, UK
Doctoral student Mälardalen University, Sweden
Visiting University of Lapland 27.8-19.10.2018
Associate professor Department of Social Work Klaipėda University, Lithuania
ResearchGate >
Professori Sosiaalityö Tampereen yliopisto
Profiili >
Professor of Social Policy and Social Work The University of Central Lancashire, UK
Associate Professor Department of Social Work Klaipėda University, Lithuania