Children Behaving Badly?
Peer Violence Between Children and Young People
1st Edition
Published on 6. January 2011
264 pages
978-0-470-97657-9 (ISBN)
Description
Children Behaving Badly? is the first publication todirectly address the complexity of peer violence from a range ofdisciplines and perspectives.
* Provides important insights into theoretical understanding ofthe issue and produces significant and far reaching implicationsfor policy and practice developments
* Based on up-to-date research evidence and includes someunpublished findings from recognized experts in multidisciplinaryfields
* Challenges many populist and damaging representations of youthviolence and the associated narratives of modern youth asessentially 'evil'
Reviews / Votes
"It is, therefore, both a useful introduction to the conceptual and definitional issues relating to peer violence, as well as to the substantive issues relating to the individual chapter topics." (Children & Society, 2011) "Children Behaving Badly? is essential reading for policy makers, researches, students, and practitioners from a wide range of child welfare disciplines about a highly topical and complex social problem". (Care Appointments, 1 December 2010)More details
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Persons
Christine Barter is an NSPCC Senior Research Fellow at theSchool for Policy Studies, University of Bristol. Previously shewas an NSPCC Senior Research Fellow with the University ofBedfordshire. She has published widely on a range of children'swelfare issues.
David Berridge is Professor of Child and Family Welfareand Head of the Centre for Family Policy and Child Welfare at theSchool for Policy Studies, University of Bristol. David has been aresearcher for 25 years and was awarded an OBE in January 2005 forservices to children.
Content
List of Contributors.
Acknowledgements.
1 Introduction (Christine Barter and David Berridge).
Part I Peer Violence in Different Contexts.
2 Understanding Dimensions of 'Peer Violence' in PreschoolSettings: An Exploration of Key Issues and Questions (JaneBrown).
3 Understanding Why Children and Young People Engage in Bullyingat School (Helen Cowie).
4 Sibling Abuse and Bullying in Childhood and Adolescence:Knowns and Unknowns (Paul B. Naylor, Laurie Petch and Jenna V.Williams).
5 Young People, Gangs and Street-based Violence (Tara Youngand Simon Hallsworth).
6 Peer Violence in Provision for Children in Care (AndrewKendrick).
Part II Different Forms of Peer Violence.
7 Young Men, Violence and Racism (Les Back).
8 A Thoroughly Gendered Affair: Teenage Partner Violence andExploitation (Christine Barter).
9 Children and Young People with Harmful Sexual Behaviours(Simon Hackett).
10 Homophobia and Peer Violence (Ian Rivers).
Part III Understanding Peer Violence.
11 Impact of Child Maltreatment and Domestic Violence(Veronica M. Herrera and Jeffrey Stuewig).
12 Media Representations of Youth Violence (Sharon L.Nichols).
13 Boys, Girls and Performing Normative Violence in Schools: AGendered Critique of Bully Discourses (Jessica Ringrose and EmmaRenold).
Part IV Responding to Peer Violence.
14 Bullets, Blades and Mean Streets: Youth Violence and CriminalJustice Failure (Peter Squires and Carlie Goldsmith).
15 Delivering Preventive Programmes in Schools: IdentifyingGender Issues (Nicky Stanley, Jane Ellis and Jo Bell).
16 Conclusion (David Berridge and Christine Barter).
Index.
