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

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, while providing a radical new perspective on a key social issue.

List 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

About the author

Bill Gillham, James Thompson

Summary

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, while providing a radical new perspective on a key social issue.

Product details

• Assisted by: Bill Gillham (Editor), James Thompson (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.04.1996
• EAN: 9780415124768
• ISBN: 978-0-415-12476-8
• No. of pages: 226
• Weight: 580 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / General, Moral and social purpose of education, Social and ethical issues, Child welfare and youth services, Moral & social purpose of education