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Rethinking Children, Violence and Safeguarding
Dr Lorraine Radford
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Description for Rethinking Children, Violence and Safeguarding
Hardback. Explores the victimization of children as well as children who use violence towards others and presents an overview of key developments in research, policy and practice on children and violence in the context of the recent major shift in thinking from 'child protection' towards 'safeguarding' and evidencing better outcomes. Series: New Childhoods. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JFSP1; JKSB1; JN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
This book considers the way we approach violence and safeguarding in childhood, exploring the victimization of children as well as children who use violence towards others. "Rethinking Children, Violence and Safeguarding" explores the victimization of children as well as children who use violence towards others and presents an overview of key developments in research, policy and practice on children and violence in the context of the recent major shift in thinking from 'child protection' towards 'safeguarding' and evidencing better outcomes. The gaps between rhetoric and practice are considered and Lorraine Radford argues that the way we 'think' about children and ... Read more
This book considers the way we approach violence and safeguarding in childhood, exploring the victimization of children as well as children who use violence towards others. "Rethinking Children, Violence and Safeguarding" explores the victimization of children as well as children who use violence towards others and presents an overview of key developments in research, policy and practice on children and violence in the context of the recent major shift in thinking from 'child protection' towards 'safeguarding' and evidencing better outcomes. The gaps between rhetoric and practice are considered and Lorraine Radford argues that the way we 'think' about children and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Continuum Publishing Corporation
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Series
New Childhoods
Condition
New
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781441168900
SKU
V9781441168900
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99-50
About Dr Lorraine Radford
Lorraine Radford is Head of Research at the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC). Lorraine has many years experience working as an academic researcher, including 15 years experience of university-based research and teaching, her last post being Reader in Criminology at Roehampton University, UK, where she convened the Criminology under graduate programme and co-convened courses on ... Read more
Reviews for Rethinking Children, Violence and Safeguarding
‘Lorraine Radford is one of the UK's leading experts on children and young people's experience of violence, abuse and neglect. This brilliant new book synthesizes the findings of a number of new research studies with a critical interrogation of the way children and young people's experiences are constructed politically, popularly in the media, and professionally in social work and criminal ... Read more