{"product_id":"children-behaving-badly-isbn-9780470727058","title":"Children Behaving Badly?","description":"\u003cb\u003eChildren Behaving Badly?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eViolence between children is a controversial and frequently misunderstood issue, one that has seen media-fuelled moral panic come to dominate public perceptions and debate. \u003ci\u003eChildren Behaving Badly?\u003c\/i\u003e presents a powerful challenge to commonly held beliefs about peer violence and portrays it as an important child welfare concern.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy gathering together the most updated international research and expert commentary on peer violence issues from across the childhood spectrum, this volume directly addresses the complexity of this troubling issue from a range of multidisciplinary disciplines and perspectives. Contributions throughout the text reveal how childhood is not a homogenous experience but fragmented by gender, ethnicity, sexuality and poverty, which are each addressed within specific chapters. Other issues explored include pre-school children and peer violence, bullying, youth gangs, knife crime, teenage partner violence, sibling abuse, homophobia, international media depictions of violent youth, and implications for professionals working with children and young people. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout the text, new and original research insights are presented with the goal of providing the reader with a greater understanding of the safeguarding of children and young people from this form of violence. \u003ci\u003eChildren Behaving Badly?\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for policy makers, researchers, students, and practitioners from a wide range of child welfare disciplines about a highly topical and complex social problem.  List of Contributors.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction (\u003ci\u003eChristine Barter and David Berridge\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Peer Violence in Different Contexts.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Understanding Dimensions of 'Peer Violence' in Preschool Settings: An Exploration of Key Issues and Questions (\u003ci\u003eJane Brown\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Understanding Why Children and Young People Engage in Bullying at School (\u003ci\u003eHelen Cowie\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Sibling Abuse and Bullying in Childhood and Adolescence: Knowns and Unknowns (\u003ci\u003ePaul B. Naylor, Laurie Petch and Jenna V. Williams\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Young People, Gangs and Street-based Violence (\u003ci\u003eTara Young and Simon Hallsworth\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Peer Violence in Provision for Children in Care (\u003ci\u003eAndrew Kendrick\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Different Forms of Peer Violence.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Young Men, Violence and Racism (\u003ci\u003eLes Back\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 A Thoroughly Gendered Affair: Teenage Partner Violence and Exploitation (\u003ci\u003eChristine Barter\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Children and Young People with Harmful Sexual Behaviours (\u003ci\u003eSimon Hackett\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Homophobia and Peer Violence (\u003ci\u003eIan Rivers\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Understanding Peer Violence.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Impact of Child Maltreatment and Domestic Violence (\u003ci\u003eVeronica M. Herrera and Jeffrey Stuewig\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Media Representations of Youth Violence (\u003ci\u003eSharon L. Nichols\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Boys, Girls and Performing Normative Violence in Schools: A Gendered Critique of Bully Discourses (\u003ci\u003eJessica Ringrose and Emma Renold\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Responding to Peer Violence.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Bullets, Blades and Mean Streets: Youth Violence and Criminal Justice Failure (\u003ci\u003ePeter Squires and Carlie Goldsmith\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Delivering Preventive Programmes in Schools: Identifying Gender Issues (\u003ci\u003eNicky Stanley, Jane Ellis and Jo Bell\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Conclusion (\u003ci\u003eDavid Berridge and Christine Barter\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e \"It is, therefore, both a useful introduction to the conceptual and definitional issues relating to peer violence, as well as to the substantive issues relating to the individual chapter topics.\" (Children \u0026amp; Society, 2011)  \u003cp\u003e \"Children Behaving Badly? is essential reading for policy makers, researches, students, and practitioners from a wide range of child welfare disciplines about a highly topical and complex social problem\". (Care Appointments, 1 December 2010)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristine Barter\u003c\/b\u003e is an NSPCC Senior Research Fellow at the School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol. Previously she was an NSPCC Senior Research Fellow with the University of Bedfordshire. She has published widely on a range of children’s welfare issues. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Berridge\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Child and Family Welfare and Head of the Centre for Family Policy and Child Welfare at the School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol. David has been a researcher for 25 years and was awarded an OBE in January 2005 for services to children.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eViolence between children is a controversial and frequently misunderstood issue, one that has seen media-fuelled moral panic come to dominate public perceptions and debate. \u003ci\u003eChildren Behaving Badly?\u003c\/i\u003e presents a powerful challenge to commonly held beliefs about peer violence and portrays it as an important child welfare concern. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBy gathering together the most updated international research and expert commentary on peer violence issues from across the childhood spectrum, this volume directly addresses the complexity of this troubling issue from a range of multidisciplinary disciplines and perspectives. Contributions throughout the text reveal how childhood is not a homogenous experience but fragmented by gender, ethnicity, sexuality and poverty, which are each addressed within specific chapters. Other issues explored include pre-school children and peer violence, bullying, youth gangs, knife crime, teenage partner violence, sibling abuse, homophobia, international media depictions of violent youth, and implications for professionals working with children and young people. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout the text, new and original research insights are presented with the goal of providing the reader with a greater understanding of the safeguarding of children and young people from this form of violence. \u003ci\u003eChildren Behaving Badly?\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for policy makers, researchers, students, and practitioners from a wide range of child welfare disciplines about a highly topical and complex social problem.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988914651365,"sku":"NP9780470727058","price":62.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470727058.jpg?v=1761782031","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/children-behaving-badly-isbn-9780470727058","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}