Schnurr, StefanGautschi, JoelDuerr Berrick, JillGilbert, NeilSkivenes, Marit2023-01-302023-01-302023978-0-19-750354-6https://irf.fhnw.ch/handle/11654/34495This chapter examines Switzerland’s child protection and children’s services. The core principles of subsidiary and federalism are upheld at all levels of policy-making and policy implementation. Thus, the country’s political system and federalism have a significant impact on the institutionalization of child protection and children’s services. The distinctiveness of child protection in Switzerland is due to the diversity of its institutional arrangements linked to numerous policies, programs, and cultures of decision making.enChild Protection; Kindesschutzsystem Schweiz, Kinder- und Jugendhilfe Schweiz; Child Maltreatment in Switzerland;370 - Erziehung, Schul- und Bildungswesen04A - Beitrag Sammelband356-380