1st Edition

Child Safety: Problem and Prevention from Pre-School to Adolescence A Handbook for Professionals

Edited By Bill Gillham, James Thompson Copyright 1996
226 Pages
by Routledge

226 Pages
by Routledge

228 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more
List of figures, List of tables, List of contributors, Preface, Acknowledgements, 1 The challenge of child safety research, 2 Physical abuse: the problem, 3 The prevention of child abuse, 4 Child accidents at home, school and play, 5 Intervening to prevent accidents, 6 Child pedestrian accidents: what makes children vulnerable?, 7 Increasing traffic competence in young children, 8 Child sexual abuse: myth and reality, 9 The prevention of child sexual abuse, 10 Bullying as a social problem in schools, 11 The management and prevention of bullying, 12 Drug abuse: what’s your poison?, 13 Drug abuse: the issue of prevention, Index

Biography

Bill Gillham, James Thompson

'Everyone will find something new here ... topics are treated in a sensible, constructive and realistic way, and the whole book is well organised, well written and a pleasure to read.' - Times Educational Supplement

'The format of this well refernced book is clear ...' - BMJ