Child Safety: Problem and Prevention from Pre-School to Adolescence: A Handbook for Professionals / Edition 1

by Bill Gillham, James Thompson

Overview

Child safety is everybody's concern, but much professional activity is misinformed or based on a misrepresentation of the facts, and preventative action is rarely adequately evaluated. Written and edited by leading researchers with an active role in social policy, this new book challenges both our understanding of the problem of child safety and points to the impotence of "educational" approaches based on "knowledge enhancement". The strong message is that improving children's knowledge has little or no effect on their behaviour. From the physical abuse of young children to drug abuse in adolescence, this book presents a radical new perspective on a key social issue.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415124775
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/04/1996
Pages:	226
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Bill Gillham, James Thompson

Table of Contents

List of figures, List of tables, List of contributors, Preface, Acknowledgements, 1 The challenge of child safety research, 2 Physical abuse: the problem, 3 The prevention of child abuse, 4 Child accidents at home, school and play, 5 Intervening to prevent accidents, 6 Child pedestrian accidents: what makes children vulnerable?, 7 Increasing traffic competence in young children, 8 Child sexual abuse: myth and reality, 9 The prevention of child sexual abuse, 10 Bullying as a social problem in schools, 11 The management and prevention of bullying, 12 Drug abuse: what’s your poison?, 13 Drug abuse: the issue of prevention, Index

Editorial Reviews

'Everyone will find something new here ... topics are treated in a sensible, constructive and realistic way, and the whole book is well organised, well written and a pleasure to read.' - Times Educational Supplement

'The format of this well refernced book is clear ...' - BMJ

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