Institutional maltreatment of children in alternative care: Conceptual tools and responsibility
Journal title MALTRATTAMENTO E ABUSO ALL’INFANZIA
Author/s Petra Filistrucchi, Giuseppe Aversa, Michele Aversa, Marianna Giordano
Publishing Year 2026 Issue 2026/2
Language Italian Pages 19 P. 51-69 File size 97 KB
DOI 10.3280/MAL2026-002004
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This paper examined institutional maltreatment in out-of-home care systems, highlighting the tension between protective functions and the production of harm. Drawing on a framework that integrates experiential and professional knowledge, it proposed a multi-level conceptualization (micro, meso, macro) and a dynamic model of how harm is produced, normalized, and (not) recognized. The paper emphasized institutional responsibility and identified institutional courage as a key direction for transformative responses.
Keywords: institutional maltreatment, out-of-home care, child protection systems, institutional responsibility, institutional harm.
Petra Filistrucchi, Giuseppe Aversa, Michele Aversa, Marianna Giordano, Maltrattamento istituzionale dei minorenni accolti fuori famiglia: strumenti di concettualizzazione e responsabilità in "MALTRATTAMENTO E ABUSO ALL’INFANZIA" 2/2026, pp 51-69, DOI: 10.3280/MAL2026-002004