Topic: Violence and abuse

Development of statistics from incest centres

 
2008 This project has been completed 2008

Project Member

  • Jonassen, Wenche

Main objective

The project involves developing a standardized statistics form for incest centers.

Method

Development of the statistics form was done in collaboration with representatives from a selection of incest centers and the Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Family Affairs (Norwegian abbreviation Bufdir.)

Further information

The project was effectuated in collaboration with a reference group comprising of representatives’ from four incest centers and the Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Family Affairs. 

Four different forms were developed; one involving all inquiries, referrals and contact made with the center, one concerning level of participation in centers’ activities, one client form and one about centers’ statistics relating to the centers’ organization, management and clientele. The forms were sent to incest centers in December of 2008 and were first used January 1st 2009.

Sentio Research Group was given the task of calculating the annual statistics.