| Description |
1 online resource (254 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Difficult to place children : key characteristics, challenges and opportunities / Susan Bailey -- Risk factors for serious and violent antisocial behaviour in children and youth / Friedrich Lösel and Doris Bender -- Children with sexually abusive behaviour : a special subgroup / Eileen Vizard -- Minors involved in murder and manslaughter : an exploration of the situation in the Netherlands / Paul Nieuwbeerta, Peter H. van der Laan -- The placement, care, and treatment of children and young people who commit serious acts of interpersonal violence or sexual offences / Ann Hagell and Patricia Moran -- Implications of different residential treatments for young people who commit serious crimes / Gwyneth Boswell -- 'Hard to place' children and young people : a commentary on past, present, and future approaches to care and treatment / Kevin J. Epps -- Challenges to meeting the needs of these children effectively : an overview of an international research study in Germany, Greece, England, and Wales / Ann Hagell -- Working with violent children in German youth services : results of a survey / Doris Bender and Friedrich Lösel -- Children who commit serious acts of interpersonal violence : a field study in Greece / Helen Agathonos, Vivi Tsibouka and Angeliki Skoubourdi -- Dealing with the children who are hardest to place : results of a survey of childcare agencies in England and Wales / Ann Hagell and Emily Hill |
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Difficult to place children : key characteristics, obvious challenges / Susan Bailey -- Risk factors for serious and violent antisocial behaviour in children and youth / Friedrich Losel, Doris Bender -- Children with sexually abusive behaviour / Eileen Vizard -- Minors involved in murder and manslaughter : an exploration of the situation in the Netherlands / Paul Nieuwbeerta, Peter H. van der Laan -- The placement, care, and treatment of children and young people who commit serious acts of interpersonal violence or sexual offences / Ann Hagell, Patricia Moran -- Implications of different custodial treatments for young offenders who commit serious crimes / Gwyneth Boswell -- "Hard to place" children and young people : a commentary on past, present, and future approaches to care and treatment / Kevin J. Epps -- Challenges to meeting the needs of these children effectively : an overview of an international research study in Germany, Greece, England, and Wales / Ann Hagell -- Working with violent children in German youth services : results of a survey / Doris Bender, Friedrich Losel -- Children who commit serious acts of interpersonal violence : a field study in Greece / Helen Agathonos, Vivi Tsibourka, Angeliki Skoubourdi -- Dealing with the children who are hardest to place : results of a survey of childcare agencies in England and Wales / Ann Hagell, Emily Hill |
| Summary |
Children Who Commit Acts of Serious Interpersonal Violence explores risk management and successful intervention for children in public care who have committed, or are at risk of committing, acts of serious violence. The contributors identify different subgroups of children who are difficult to place, including those who sexually offend and those who murder, and outline the key characteristics and patterns of need they display. They provide an overview of the risk factors leading to extremely violent behaviour and discuss the complexities of diagnosis and definition from a multidisciplinary per |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Children and violence -- Prevention
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Violence in children -- Prevention
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Violence.
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Children.
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Violence
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Child
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violence.
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children (people by age group)
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Criminal Or Forensic Psychology.
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Child & Developmental Psychology.
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Social Work.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
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Violence
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Children
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Violence in children -- Prevention
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hagell, Ann.
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Jeyarajah-Dent, Renuka.
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| ISBN |
9781846425455 |
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184642545X |
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1280929359 |
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9781280929359 |
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