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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816929103321

Titolo

Child safety : problem and prevention from preschool to adolescence : a handbook for professionals / / edited by Bill Gillham and James A. Thomson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1996

ISBN

1-134-80279-X

1-134-80280-3

1-280-14478-5

0-203-97795-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GillhamBill

ThomsonJames A <1951-> (James Alick)

Disciplina

363.107083

613.6

Soggetti

Children's accidents - Prevention

Child abuse - Prevention

Safety education

Child welfare

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; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 The challenge of child safety research; Chapter 2 Physical abuse: the problem; Chapter 3 The prevention of child abuse; Chapter 4 Child accidents at home, school and play; Chapter 5 Intervening to prevent accidents; Chapter 6 Child pedestrian accidents: what makes children vulnerable?; Chapter 7 Increasing traffic competence in young children; Chapter 8 Child sexual abuse: myth and reality; Chapter 9 The prevention of child sexual abuse

Chapter 10 Bullying as a social problem in schoolsChapter 11 The management and prevention of bullying; Chapter 12 Drug abuse: what's your poison?; Chapter 13 Drug abuse: the issue of prevention; Index



Sommario/riassunto

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 a