The Children and Violence

by Helander, Einar

• ISBN13: 9780230573949
• ISBN10: 0230573940
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-10-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

"Child abuse takes place across all cultures and all religious and economic strata. Drawing on data from 152 countries this book estimates that every other living person has been a victim of childhood violence: sexual, physical and/or emotional abuse. Another important finding is that over one billion children in the developing countries are at present victims of poverty-related neglect." "In our growing culture of violence, Einar Helander addresses the severe health and social consequences for victims of childhood violence, among which increased alcoholism, drug abuse, criminal violence and damage to the central nervous system are important. He critiques the lack of preventive efforts made by governments, international law and the United Nations Millennium Development Programme. Children and Violence provides a disturbing account of the reality of childhood abuse and neglect, and proposes a universal, community-based prevention programme."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

List of Photographs	p. ix
List of Tables	p. xi
List of Figures	p. xii
List of Boxes	p. xiii
Foreword	p. xiv
Foreword	p. xvi
Preface	p. xvii
Acknowledgements	p. xxi
List of Abbreviations	p. xxiii
Introduction	p. 1
You Cut a Rose and Release a Tornado	p. 3
Definitions, Materials and Methods	p. 20
Mirrors of the Past	p. 36
Micro-system Violence towards Biological and Social Orphans	p. 43
Children in Residential Institutions	p. 45
Children On Their Own	p. 62
Parent Deprivation: Consequences and Alternatives	p. 78
Damaging Effects of the Meso-system: Childhood Violence in Birth Families and its Consequences	p. 85
Prevalence of Childhood Violence	p. 87
Micro-system Consequences and Upstream Effects of Childhood Violence	p. 133
Roots of Violence	p. 159
Causes of and Contributors to Childhood Violence and the Potential for Primary Prevention	p. 161
Human Services for the Child Victims: Care of Somatic and Mental Disorders and Rehabilitation	p. 203
The Global System: Perspectives of Human Rights, Evolution, Development and Progress	p. 211
Human Rights and Human Wrongs	p. 213
Poverty, Inequality and Solidarity	p. 223
The Sacrifice of the Poor	p. 234
Primary Child Violence Prevention by Exo-systems	p. 255
A Community-based Child Defence and Support (CDS) Programme	p. 257
Conclusion	p. 281
Annex	p. 284
Notes	p. 288
Bibliography	p. 297
Index	p. 330
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