| Description |
1 online resource (287 pages) |
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data file |
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Bibliography |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-278) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Neurological underpinnings -- Parenting styles -- Violence in the family -- Policy interventions -- Cultural contexts -- Respecting children's rights. |
| 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 and child-unfriendly environments. They may be exposed to toxic substances in utero, to maltreatment in infancy, to domestic violence or parental criminality as they grow up. Each of these risk factors is empirically linked with the development of antisocial and aggr. |
| Access |
Owing to Legal Deposit regulations this resource may only be accessed from within National Library of Scotland. For more information contact enquiries@nls.uk. StEdNL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Children's rights.
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Children's rights. |
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Violence in children.
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Violence in children. |
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Family violence.
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Family violence. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Howe, Robert Brian.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Covell, Katherine. Children, families and violence. London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2009 (DLC) 2008006524 |
| ISBN |
1846428475 (electronic book) |
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9781846428470 (electronic book) |
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1281892602 |
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9781281892607 |
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9781843106982 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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1843106981 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
9786611892609 |
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