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

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1996
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (220 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.107083; 613.6
• Soggetto topico: Children's accidents - Prevention; Child abuse - Prevention; Safety education; Child welfare
• Altri autori: GillhamBill ThomsonJames A <1951-> (James Alick)
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Child safety
• ISBN: 1-134-80279-X; 1-134-80280-3; 1-280-14478-5; 0-203-97795-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784692203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II