Measuring and Monitoring Children's Well-Being
Ben-Arieh, Asher; Kaufman, Natalie Hevener; Andrews, Arlene Bowers; George, Robert M. (Chapin Hall Center For Children, University Of Chicago, Usa);
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Description for Measuring and Monitoring Children's Well-Being
Hardback. Presents an analysis of the field of child well-being indicators. This book also presents a context for children's well-being, as well as a set of five "new" domains and some 49 indicators that are recommended for measuring and monitoring children's well-being. Series: Social Indicators Research Series. Num Pages: 159 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 444.
Today, any regular newspaper reader is likely to be exposed to reports on manifold forms of (physical, emotional, sexual) child abuse on the one hand, and abnormal behavior, misconduct or offences of children and minors on the other hand. Occasionally reports on children as victims and children as offenders may appear on the same issue or even the same page. Rather seldom the more complex and largely hidden phenomena of structural hostility or indifference of society with a view to children are being dealt with in the press. Such fragmentary, ambiguous, incoherent or even contradictory perception of children in modem ... Read more
Today, any regular newspaper reader is likely to be exposed to reports on manifold forms of (physical, emotional, sexual) child abuse on the one hand, and abnormal behavior, misconduct or offences of children and minors on the other hand. Occasionally reports on children as victims and children as offenders may appear on the same issue or even the same page. Rather seldom the more complex and largely hidden phenomena of structural hostility or indifference of society with a view to children are being dealt with in the press. Such fragmentary, ambiguous, incoherent or even contradictory perception of children in modem ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
159
Condition
New
Series
Social Indicators Research Series
Number of Pages
159
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792367895
SKU
V9780792367895
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Reviews for Measuring and Monitoring Children's Well-Being
'This is an easy to read book with good information for professionals searching to find ways to measure and monitor well-being in today's children and adolescents.' International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health, 14 (2002)