Abuse and Violence Towards Young Children

Perspectives on Research and Policy

Roy Evans

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2017
• ISBN:
  9781317519003
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education General

Levels of violence, abuse and neglect in early childhood are reported internationally as having reached epidemic proportions. The prevalence of all forms of violence to children has been difficult to establish, particularly in low and middle income countries. However, even in countries with a high GDP, the sexual abuse of children and young people by predatory adults may continue undetected for decades. In parts of Africa young children are mutilated and killed for religious reasons. Physical beatings that injure and break bones are still common in the Western world. Pornography and sexual abuse involving young children is propagated worldwide through the internet. The prevention of this violence will require substantial shifts in parental and public attitudes to children and the development and support of national systems of preventive legislation.

The last 20 years has seen the emergence of a body of material which interrogates early childhood violence and neglect in a wider range of global settings, particularly those countries with a low GDP. This book aims to highlight important features of national and international initiatives which are rooted in findings from systematic research. The continued abuse and neglect of children has been attributed to social acceptance, not understanding the importance of reporting abuse, and the limitations of child welfare systems. This book will be of interest to practitioners in health care, education, and social work services, as well as field workers implementing programmes to address all forms of abuse at family, community and national level. This book was originally published as a special issue of Early Child Development and Care.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Citation Information
• Notes on Contributors
• 1. Prevention of violence, abuse and neglect in early childhood: a review of the literature on research, policy and practice
• 2. Supportive family contexts: promoting child well-being and resilience
• 3. Changing landscapes in safeguarding babies and young children in England
• 4. Early childhood education as a resilience intervention for maltreated children
• 5. Bullied children: parent and school supports
• 6. Witchcraft branding and the abuse of African children in the UK: causes, effects and professional intervention
• 7. Child sexual abuse in early-childhood care and education settings
• 8. Court-Appointed Special Advocate Strong Beginnings: raising awareness across early childhood and child welfare systems
• 9. The predictive effects of the behaviour problem variables on peer victimisation in preschool children
• 10. Delinquent risks of parental abuse at the age of 11 years among at-risk youth
• 11. Predictors of harsh parenting practices in parents of children with disabilities
• 12. Combating violence against children: Jordanian pre-service early childhood teachers’ perceptions towards child abuse and neglect
• 13. Vulnerability of internally displaced children in disaster relief camps of Pakistan: issues, challenges, and way forward
• 14. Impact of conflict in Syria on Syrian children at the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan
• Index