Children, Families and Violence: Challenges for Children's

Children, Families and Violence: Challenges for Children's Rights
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This book examines the risk factors surrounding children at risk of experiencing and perpetrating violence, and looks at the positive role that children's rights can play in their protection. The authors propose that violence in childhood is not spontaneous: that children are raised to become violent in poorly functioning families and child-unfriendly environments. They may be exposed to toxic substances in utero, to maltreatment in infancy, to domestic violence or parental criminality as they grow up. Each of these risk factors is empirically linked with the development of antisocial and aggressive behaviour, and each reflects a violation of children's rights to protection from maltreatment. The authors show how respecting children's rights and safeguarding them from exposure to violence can shift the balance between risk and protective factors and, as a result, reduce the incidence and severity of childhood violence. This book will be essential reading for professionals working in child protection or with young offenders, academics, students, practitioners and policy-makers.
Country USA
Brand Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Manufacturer Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber black & white illustrations
ReleaseDate 2008-09-15
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781843106982

Country	USA
Brand	Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Manufacturer	Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	black & white illustrations
ReleaseDate	2008-09-15
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781843106982

Children, Families and Violence: Challenges for Children's Rights