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This book shows how the Bioecological Theory of Human Development (BTHD) can be applied to the study of violence against children. Originally developed by Urie Bronfenbrenner to understand human development in general, BTHD offers a powerful framework to carry out a systemic analysis of the multiple levels of risk and protective factors associated with violence against children and provides the tools to develop interventions that go beyond the focus on the individual, addressing wider contextual factors.
The chapters of this book present various typologies of violence that can manifest in family, school, community, institutional, and structural contexts, viewed through the lens of the Bioecological Theory of Human Development. The key concepts of Person, Process, Context, and Time serve as the foundation for a critical analysis of the factors that render children vulnerable to experiences of violence. The chapters also aim to showcase research and interventions developed by psychologists who have dedicated their work to studying violence against children in a variety of different contexts.
Violence Against Children: Contributions of the Bioecological Theory of Human Development to Research and Intervention will be of interest to researchers in fields such as developmental psychology, education and social work who are interested in understanding violence from a systemic theoretical perspective, culturally situated within various realities. It will also be a useful resource for professionals working with children victim of violence, such as social workers, teachers and mental health practitioners, empowering them to engage in ethically and politically committed actions that drive the necessary social transformations for effectively combating violence against children worldwide, regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, social class, religion, or citizenship status.
The original manuscript of this book was written in Portuguese and translated into English with the help of artificial intelligence. A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content.
List of contents
Chapter 1 The Bioecological Theory of Human Development: Concepts and Applications for Understanding Violence Against Children in Contemporary Contexts.- Chapter 2 Dialogues between the Bioecological Theory of Human Development and Intersectionality Theory for Understanding Violence against Children and Adolescents.- Chapter 3 Negligence against children: Analysis of risk factors based on structural inequalities.- Chapter 4 Emotional Violence as an Inverse Proximal Process under the Perspective of the Bioecological Theory.- Chapter 5 Physical Punishment as a Practice of Violence against Children.- Chapter 6 Intrafamily Sexual Violence against Children: Understanding Risk and Protection Factors from the Bioecological Theory of Human Development.- Chapter 7 What Everyone Should Know About Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents? An Analysis through the Bioecological Theory of Human Development.- Chapter 8 Child Development in School: Identification and Confrontation of Violence for the Promotion of a Safe and Protective Environment.- Chapter 9 Violence and rights violations in institutional care: when the comprehensive protection of childhood is threatened.- Chapter 10 Childhood and Racism: Applying the Bioecological Theory of Human Development to Strengthen Anti-Racist Practices.- Chapter 11 Violence Against Indigenous Children: Reflections from the Bioecology of Human Development.- Chapter 12 Children in War: A Bioecological Perspective on Human Development Impact.- Chapter 13 Violence Against Children in the Context of Drug Trafficking: Contributions in Light of the Bioecological Theory.- Chapter 14 Affective and Social Support Networks of Children Affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic: Effects of the ConViVer Program on Developmental Microcontexts.- Chapter 15 The Role of Family Interactions in the Development of Adopted Children with a History of Violence: A Bioecological Approach.
