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Children, families and violence : challenges for children's rights / Katherine Covell and R. Brian Howe.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Covell, Katherine.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children's rights.
- Violence in children.
- Family violence.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book examines the risk factors surrounding children at risk of experiencing and perpetrating violence, and looks at the positive role that children's rights can play in their protection. The authors propose that violence in childhood is not spontaneous: that children are raised to become violent in poorly functioning families.
- Contents:
- Children,families and violence; CHALLENGES FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS; CONTENTS; CHAPTER 1 Introduction; CHAPTER 2 Neurological Underpinnings; CHAPTER 3 Parenting Styles; CHAPTER 4 Violence in the Family; CHAPTER 5 Policy Interventions; CHAPTER 6 Cultural Contents; CHAPTER 7 Respecting Children's Rights; REFERENCES; SUBJECT INDEX; AUTHOR INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-278) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9786611892609
- 9781281892607
- 1281892602
- 9781846428470
- 1846428475
- OCLC:
- 560639581
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