Child Safety Problem and Prevention from Preschool to Adolescence A Handbook for Professionals

Child safety is everybody's concern, but much professional activity is misinformed or based on a misrepresentation of the facts, and preventative action is rarely adequately evaluated. Written and edited by leading researchers with an active role in social policy, this new book challenges both our understanding of the problem of child safety and points to the impotence of "educational" approaches based on "knowledge enhancement". The strong message is that improving children's knowledge has little or no effect on their behaviour. From the physical abuse of young children to drug abuse in adolescence, this book presents a radical new perspective on a key social issue.Gilham, Bill is the author of 'Child Safety Problem and Prevention from Preschool to Adolescence A Handbook for Professionals' with ISBN 9780415124768 and ISBN 041512476X.