| Description |
1 online resource (345 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Psychological Perspectives on Understanding and Addressing Violence Against Children -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- 1. Building Peace From the Ground Up: Global Efforts to Understand and Address Violence Against Children -- Section I: Violence Against Children in Social Macrosystems -- 2. Sociopolitical Violence and Child Development: New Directions Informed by Longitudinal, Process-Oriented Research in Northern Ireland -- 3. The Psychosocial and Political Dynamics of Children and Youth Entering and Exiting Armed Groups |
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4. Promoting Peace Across Cultures: Understanding Children's Traumatic Migration Experiences and Pathways of Healing -- 5. Resilience to Structural Violence: Learning From African Youth -- 6. The Impact of Racism on Violence Exposure Among Black Children in the United States -- Section II: Violence Against Children in Social Microsystems -- 7. Child Sex and Labor Trafficking: Psychological Perspectives on Risk Factors, Impacts, and Interventions -- 8. Global Perspectives on Family Violence: Prevalence and Effects on Children across Cultural Contexts |
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9. Navigating Violent Spaces: Violence Against Children in Alternative Care -- 10. A Holistic Approach to Understanding the Sexual Exploitation and Abuse of Girls: Direct and Structural Violence in Two Urban Slums in Mombasa, Kenya -- Section III: Practice and Policy to Redress Violence Against Children -- 11. Teacher Violence: A Global Perspective on Prevalence, Contributing Factors, Consequences, and Prevention -- 12. Education in Crisis: Exploring the Effectiveness of Accelerated Education Programs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania |
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13. Addressing Violence Against Children in Low-Resource and Humanitarian Settings: Potential of Family-Based Approaches -- 14. Formal and Informal Social Control of Family Violence: A Comparison of Protective and Punitive Approaches With Respect to Family Heterogeneity -- 15. Psychosocial Support for Syrian Refugee Youth: Comparing Delivery Modes of a Digital Mental Health Game -- Conclusions -- 16. Preventing and Responding to Violence Against Children: Implications for Researchers, Practitioners, and Policymakers -- Index |
| Summary |
Violence against children is one of the most significant, widespread, and preventable threats to human development in our world today. Children are the future of our society and understanding and addressing violence against children is critical to building cultures and systems that promote a just and sustainable peace. This edited volume aims to provide an integrative review of psychological research on violence against children from a global perspective. Drawing from frameworks in both psychology and peace studies, contributors focus on the psychological research across global settings to ill |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Miller-Graff, Laura
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| ISBN |
9780197649527 |
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0197649521 |
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