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Title Handbook of children, culture, and violence / edited by Nancy E. Dowd, Dorothy G. Singer, Robin Fretwell Wilson.

Publication Info. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, [2006]
©2006

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Description 1 online resource (1, 483 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents Introduction / Nancy E. Dowd -- Prologue: Developmental variations among children and adolescents--an overview of the research and policy implications / Dorothy G. Singer -- Child witnessing of domestic violence / Naomi Cahn -- Domestic violence and child protection: confronting the dilemmas in moving from family court to dependency court / Thomas D. Lyon and Mindy B. Mechanic -- Sexually predatory parents and the children in their care: remove the threat, not the child / Robin Fretwell Wilson -- Exposure to pornography as a cause of child sexual victimization / Diana E.H. Russell and Natalie J. Purcell -- Statutory rape: an empirical examination of claims of "overreaction" / Ross E. Cheit and Laura Braslow -- Mitigating the impact of publicity on child crime victims and witnesses / Charles Putnam and David Finkelhor -- The violent shadows of children's culture / John Cech -- A preliminary demography of television violence / Nancy Signorelli -- Protecting children's welfare in an anxiety-producing media environment / Joanna Cantor -- The impact of violent music on youth / Barbara J. Wilson and Nicole Martins -- How real is the problem of TV violence? Research and policy perspectives / Dale Kunkel and Lara Zwarun -- Violent video games: effects on youth and public policy implications / Douglas A. Gentile and Craig A. Anderson -- Positive features of video games / Laurie N. Taylor -- Children, adolescents, and the culture of online hate / Brendesha Tynes -- Constitutional obstacles to regulating violence in the media / Catherine J. Ross -- Peer victimization: the nature and prevalence of bullying among children and youth / Susan P. Limber -- Bullying and violence in American schools / Elen DeLara -- Judging juvenile responsibility: a social ecological perspective / Mark R. Fondacaro and Lauren G. Fasig -- Adult punishment for juvenile offenders: does it reduce crime? / Richard E. Redding -- Psychopathy assessment and juvenile justice mental health evaluations / Matthew Owen Howard, Michael K. Dayton, Kirk A. Foster, Michael G. Vaughn, and John L. Zelner -- Cleaning up toxic violence: an ecogenerist paradigm / Barbara Bennett Woodhouse.
Summary This handbook provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary examination of childhood violence that considers children as both consumers and perpetrators of violence, as well as victims of it.
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Subject Children and violence.
Children and violence.
Children -- Crimes against.
Children -- Crimes against.
Violence in children.
Violence in children.
Violence in popular culture.
Violence in popular culture.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Subject Children.
Added Author Dowd, Nancy E., 1949-
Singer, Dorothy G.
Wilson, Robin Fretwell.
Sage Publications.
Sage eReference (Online service)
Other Form: Print version: Handbook of children, culture, and violence. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, ©2006 1412913691 9781412913690 (DLC) 2005018302 (OCoLC)60839303
ISBN 1412976065
9781412976060
9781412973366 (electronic book)
1412973368 (electronic book)
9781412913690
1412913691 (cloth)
Standard No. 10.4135/978-1-41297-606-0