Protecting children from violence : evidence based interventions / / edited by James Michael, Kathy Sexton-Radek

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910785120503321
• Autore: Lampinen James M.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Psychology Press, , 2010
• ISBN: 1-136-98003-2; 1-136-98004-0; 1-282-88638-X; 9786612886386; 0-203-85292-3
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (386 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): Sexton-RadekKathy
• Disciplina: 362.76/6
• Soggetti: Children and violence - Psychological aspects; Child development
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; About the Editors; Contributors; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1 Protecting Children from Violence: Historical Roots and Emerging Trends; CHAPTER 2 Exposure to Violence: Who is Most Affected and Why?; CHAPTER 3 Protecting Children in their Homes: Effective Prevention Programs and Policies; CHAPTER 4 Empirically-Based Violence Prevention Interventions; CHAPTER 5 Identifying Children Potentially at Risk for Serious Maladjustment due to Peer Victimization: A New Model using Receiver Operating Characteristics (ROC) Analysis; CHAPTER 6 Interviewing Child Victims: Advances in the Scientific Understanding of Child Eyewitness MemoryCHAPTER 7 Missing and Abducted Children; CHAPTER 8 Looking Both Ways Before Crossing the Information Superhighway: Issues of Concern for Minors in Cyberspace; CHAPTER 9 Public Attitudes toward Applying Sex Offender Registration Laws to Juvenile Offenders; CHAPTER 10 Mediating Factors in the Long-Term Outcome Following Childhood Abuse: Cognitive and Other Factors Predicting Personal Distress, Intimacy Functioning, and Resilience; CHAPTER 11 Cognitive Development and Exposure to Violence in ChildrenCHAPTER 12 Snakes, Spiders, Strangers: How the Evolved Fear of Strangers may Misdirect Efforts to Protect Children from Harm; CHAPTER 13 International Perspectives on Domestic Violence; CHAPTER 14 Protecting Children from the Violence of Global Health Inequities: Working Beyond Academic Halls and Clinic Walls; CHAPTER 15 Protecting Children from Violence: Historical Roots and Emerging Trends: Conclusions; Bibliography; Author Index; Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Providing an evidence-based understanding of the causes and consequences of violence against children, experts in the field examine the best practices used to help protect children from violence. Various types of violence are reviewed including physical and sexual abuse, (cyber-)bullying, human trafficking, online predators, abductions, and war. In addition, it reviews the various perpetrators of such violence including parents and relatives, strangers, other children, and societal institutions. The possible outcomes of such violence including physical injuries, death, depression, anxiety,