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Violence in children and adolescents / edited by Ved Varma.

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Violence in children and adolescents / edited by Ved Varma.
Publication
Bristol, PA : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 1997.

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  • Varma, Ved P.
  • Varma, Ved P.,
Description
217 p.; 24 cm.
Summary
"Violence in Children and Adolescents" is an exploration of violence both by and against children, its causes and approaches to its amelioration. It is invaluable reading for anyone who works with young people. The contributors comprise an authoritative range of both practitioners and academics, including forensic psychiatrists and forensic psychologists, psychotherapists and criminologists. Together they examine topics such as children who kill; violent young offenders; immigrant children who have been the victims of war; the influence of television; the relationship to the family; and racial and sexual violence.Violence in society is increasingly prevalent and of great concern to anyone working with children and teenagers. `Violence in Children and Adolescents' offers a broad scope of interpretations and insight which is essential reading for professionals and students alike.
Subject
  • Children and violence
  • Violence in children
  • Juvenile delinquency
  • Adolescent psychotherapy
  • Violence
  • Adolescent
  • Child
  • Infant
  • Juvenile Delinquency
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction ---- 1. The Emotional Impact of Violence on Children --- 2. The Backgrounds of Violent Young Offenders: The Present Picture --- 3. Psychiatric Assessment of the Violent Child and Adolescent Towards Understanding and Safe Intervention --- 4. Psychological Assessment and Monitoring of Violent Children and Adolescents --- 5. Psycho-Social Approaches to the Understanding and Reduction of Violence in Young People --- 6. Roots of Sexual Violence in Children and Adolescents --- 7. Violence in Adolescence --- 8. A Violent Child and his Family --- 9. Racial Violence and Young People --- 10. Television and the Well-Being of Children and Young People --- 11. Risk and Danger in Young People's Leisure --- 12. Groupwork with Violent Children and Adolescents --- 13. The Police Relationship with Violent Children and Adolescents.
ISBN
1853023442 (pb)
LCCN
^^^96018256^
OCLC
34584046
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library