Handbook of Children, Culture, and Violence

Handbook of Children, Culture, and Violence
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Publisher : SAGE
Total Pages : 540
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ISBN-10 : 1412913691
ISBN-13 : 9781412913690
Rating : 4/5 (91 Downloads)

Synopsis Handbook of Children, Culture, and Violence by : Nancy E. Dowd

"Each chapter contains recommendations for legislators, policy makers, researchers, and families. This book should be on the desk, and minds, of legislators, attorneys, social workers and other mental health professionals who encounter and wish to ameliorate the effects of violence in the lives of their young constituents, clients, and patients." -JOURNAL OF CHILD AND FAMILY STUDIESQuestions relating to violence and children surround us in the media: should V-chips be placed in every television set? How can we prevent another Columbine school shooting from occurring? How should pornography on the internet be regulated? The Handbook of Children, Culture and Violence addresses these questions and more, providing a comprehensive, interdisciplinary examination of childhood violence that considers children as both consumers and perpetrators of violence, as well as victims of it. The Handbook offers much-needed empirical evidence that will help inform debate about these important policy decisions. Moreover, it is the first single volume to consider situations when children are responsible for violence, rather than focusing exclusively on occasions when they are victimized. Providing the first comprehensive overview of current research in the field, the editors have brought together the work of a group of prominent scholars whose work is united by a common concern for the impact of violence on the lives of children. The Handbook of Children, Culture and Violence is poised to become the ultimate resource and reference work on children and violence for researchers, teachers, and students of psychology, human development and family studies, law, communications, education, sociology, and political science/ public policy. It will also appeal to policymakers, media professionals, and special interest groups concerned with reducing violence in children's lives. Law firms specializing in family law, as well as think tanks, will also be interested in the Handbook.

Handbook of Child and Adolescent Aggression

Handbook of Child and Adolescent Aggression
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Publisher : Guilford Publications
Total Pages : 497
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ISBN-10 : 9781462526208
ISBN-13 : 1462526209
Rating : 4/5 (08 Downloads)

Synopsis Handbook of Child and Adolescent Aggression by : Tina Malti

"Aggressive behavior during childhood and adolescence is an important risk factor for later serious and persistent adjustment problems in adulthood, including criminal behavior, school dropout as well as family-related and economic problems. Researchers have thus deployed considerable efforts to uncover what drives individuals to attack and hurt others. Each chapter explores the issue of aggression with an introduction, theoretical considerations, measures and methods, research findings, implications, and future directions"--

International Handbook of Children, Media and Culture

International Handbook of Children, Media and Culture
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Publisher : SAGE
Total Pages : 562
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ISBN-10 : 9781412928328
ISBN-13 : 141292832X
Rating : 4/5 (28 Downloads)

Synopsis International Handbook of Children, Media and Culture by : Sonia Livingstone

Deliberately selected to represent as many parts of the globe as possible, and with a commitment to recognizing both the similarities and differences in children and young people's lives - from China to Denmark, from Canada to India, from Japan to Iceland, from - the authors offer a rich contextualization of children's engagement with their particular media and communication environment, while also pursuing cross-cutting themes in terms of comparative and global trends.

The SAGE Handbook of Domestic Violence

The SAGE Handbook of Domestic Violence
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Publisher : SAGE
Total Pages : 1377
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ISBN-10 : 9781529753561
ISBN-13 : 1529753562
Rating : 4/5 (61 Downloads)

Synopsis The SAGE Handbook of Domestic Violence by : Todd K. Shackelford

The field of Domestic Violence research has expanded considerably in the past decade and now includes work conducted by researchers in many different disciplines, notably political science, public health, law, psychology, sociology, criminology, anthropology, family studies, and medicine. The SAGE Handbook of Domestic Violence provides a rich overview of the most important theoretical and empirical work in the field, organized by relationship type. The handbook addresses three major areas of research on domestic violence: - Violence against partners - Violence against children - Violence against other family members. This Handbook is a unique and timely publication and a long awaited, valuable resource for the vast amount of Domestic Violence research centres and individual researchers across the globe.

Handbook of Children and the Media

Handbook of Children and the Media
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Publisher : SAGE
Total Pages : 825
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ISBN-10 : 9781412982429
ISBN-13 : 1412982421
Rating : 4/5 (29 Downloads)

Synopsis Handbook of Children and the Media by : Dorothy G. Singer

'Handbook of Children and the Media' brings together the best-known scholars from around the world to summarize the current scope of the research in this field.

Domestic Violence and Children

Domestic Violence and Children
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 289
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ISBN-10 : 9781135253905
ISBN-13 : 1135253900
Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Synopsis Domestic Violence and Children by : Abigail Sterne

What can schools and social care workers do to help children affected by domestic violence? Large numbers of children are affected by domestic violence. The problem crosses every social class and culture. It causes distress and anxiety in children and adversely affects their learning and play, as well as their behaviour, wellbeing and attendance. Education staff may know of a child or family in crisis, want to help, yet feel outside their comfort zone, grappling with a complex issue not covered in their training. This book describes the impact of domestic violence on children and provides support for education and social care professionals. It takes heavy workloads into account and suggests practical ways of meeting the needs of pupils who come from difficult home backgrounds. The authors provide guidance and advice on: identifying and responding to signs of distress helping pupils to talk about and make sense of their experiences the impact on parenting and how parents can be supported the needs of young people in refuges and temporary accommodation pupil safety and government safeguarding guidelines educating young people and the community about domestic violence specialist domestic violence services and other agencies that support schools. Domestic Violence and Children draws on the expertise of a wide range of professionals, including specialist domestic violence children’s workers and counsellors, psychologists, teachers, mentors and family support workers. It provides essential help and information to all children’s service directorates, as well as a range of professionals in education, social care, health and the voluntary sector.

Handbook of Political Violence and Children

Handbook of Political Violence and Children
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 689
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ISBN-10 : 9780190874551
ISBN-13 : 0190874554
Rating : 4/5 (51 Downloads)

Synopsis Handbook of Political Violence and Children by : Charles W. Greenbaum

Political violence has disrupted the lives of millions of children around the world. Responding to the gravity and scale of this phenomenon, this volume is intended to stimulate discussion and research on children's exposure to political violence and its psycho-social effects. It brings together for the first time in a single volume three areas of scientific activity in different disciplines: research on effects, programs for intervention, and laws and policy for prevention of political violence to children. Section I presents reviews of research on children exposed to political violence, including child soldiers and refugee children, as well as an examination of methodology and ethics. Section II contains research on interventions with children exposed to political violence, including individual therapy and school, family, and community interventions. Section III covers legal and social issues in deterring the recruitment of children to violent causes and protecting children in armed conflict. Pulling together the work of leading scholars and practitioners in the social sciences and international law, this volume argues that the prevention of political violence to children is possible, and it provides a crucial basis for ideas for prevention.

Handbook for Child Protection Practice

Handbook for Child Protection Practice
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Publisher : SAGE Publications
Total Pages : 705
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ISBN-10 : 9781452221434
ISBN-13 : 145222143X
Rating : 4/5 (34 Downloads)

Synopsis Handbook for Child Protection Practice by : Howard Dubowitz

"The timing of the publication with the revised Working Together guidelines could not be more advantageous. This book is a unique and important contribution to child care literature. No agency should be without." - Child Abuse Review Professionals concerned with the protection of children face many challenges. This work demands knowledge from several disciplines, a wide variety of skills, and interdisciplinary collaboration. The editors, Howard Dubowitz, a pediatrician, and Diane DePanfilis, a social worker, together with over 70 experts in this field offer what is known about how best to work with maltreated children and their families, in a very practical, concise, and user-friendly way. Structured to follow the life of a case from the time a report of child maltreatment is made through the various pathways in the child protection system, this edited volume synthesizes the best practice principles for responding to reports of child abuse and neglect; engaging children and other family members in intervention; developing cross-cultural practice competencies; assessing risk, evaluating safety, and conducting family assessments; defining outcomes and planning intervention; evaluating risk reduction; and making permanency decisions; and discusses the unique legal, medical, ethical, and other practice issues that work in the child protection field involves. Professionals facing tough dilemmas in practice should find valuable guidance in these pages.

Children and Youth in Sickness and in Health

Children and Youth in Sickness and in Health
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages : 257
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ISBN-10 : 9780313053009
ISBN-13 : 0313053006
Rating : 4/5 (09 Downloads)

Synopsis Children and Youth in Sickness and in Health by : Janet Golden

Six original essays reflect the growing scholarly interest in the history of childhood and youth, particularly issues affecting child health and welfare. These important new essays show how changing patterns of health and disease have responded to and shaped notions of childhood and adolescence as life stages. Until the early 20th century, life-threatening illnesses were a sinister presence in the lives of children of all social classes. Today, many diseases and threats to child health have been eliminated or alleviated. Yet critical problems remain. New threats such as AIDS and violence take a steady toll. Child health remains an active concern for all families. Despite the development of health care policies, social welfare policies, and effective medication, the home remains—as it was in the Colonial period—the most critical site of care. Parents are still central to the preservation of children's health. This work imposes a holistic view of this experience for children and families. By examining the child's perspective of illness, the authors make an important contribution to the understanding of illness as part of the developmental process of growing up.

Handbook of Child Maltreatment

Handbook of Child Maltreatment
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Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 594
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ISBN-10 : 9789400772083
ISBN-13 : 9400772084
Rating : 4/5 (83 Downloads)

Synopsis Handbook of Child Maltreatment by : Jill E. Korbin

This Handbook examines core questions still remaining in the field of child maltreatment. It addresses major challenges in child maltreatment work, starting with the question of what child abuse and neglect is exactly. It then goes on to examine why maltreatment occurs and what its consequences are. Next, it turns to prevention, treatment and intervention, as well as legal perspectives. The book studies the issue from the perspective of the broader international and cross-cultural human experience. Its aim is to review what is known, but even more importantly, to examine what remains to be known to make progress in helping abused children, their families, and their communities.