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Growing Up with Risk
Betsy Thom
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Description for Growing Up with Risk
Paperback. This book provides a critical analysis of ways in which risk assessment and management are defined and applied in policy, theory and practice in relation to children and young people. It explores the complexities of balancing responsibility for protecting the young with the benefits of risk-taking and the need to allow experimentation. Editor(s): Thom, Betsy; Sales, Rosemary; Pearce, Jenny. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 458.
"Growing up with risk" provides a critical analysis of ways in which risk assessment and management - now a pervasive element of contemporary policy and professional practice - are defined and applied in policy, theory and practice in relation to children and young people. Drawing on conceptual frameworks from across the social sciences, the book examines contrasting perspectives on risk that occur in different policy domains and professional and lay discourses, discussing the dilemmas of response that arise from these sometimes contested viewpoints - from playground safety to risks associated with youthful substance use. The contributors address issues of gender, ethnicity ... Read more
"Growing up with risk" provides a critical analysis of ways in which risk assessment and management - now a pervasive element of contemporary policy and professional practice - are defined and applied in policy, theory and practice in relation to children and young people. Drawing on conceptual frameworks from across the social sciences, the book examines contrasting perspectives on risk that occur in different policy domains and professional and lay discourses, discussing the dilemmas of response that arise from these sometimes contested viewpoints - from playground safety to risks associated with youthful substance use. The contributors address issues of gender, ethnicity ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861347312
SKU
V9781861347312
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Betsy Thom
Betsy Thom is Reader in Drug and Alcohol Studies at Middlesex University. Rosemary Sales is Professor of Social Policy, specialising in refugee and migration studies, Middlesex University. Jenny Pearce is Professor of Young People and Public Policy, University of Bedfordshire
Reviews for Growing Up with Risk
"This interesting and exciting book makes an original contribution to the developing field of risk theory, taking a wide ranging look at the issue of risk as it relates to the process of growing up in our increasingly cautious culture. 'Growing up with risk' is not to be missed by anyone interested in risk and young people." Marilyn Gregory, ... Read more