Growing up with risk

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Growing up with risk

edited by Betsy Thom, Rosemary Sales and Jenny J. Pearce

Policy, 2007

  • : hardcover
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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"Growing up with risk" provides a critical analysis of ways in which risk assessment and management - now a pervasive element of contemporary policy and professional practice - are defined and applied in policy, theory and practice in relation to children and young people. Drawing on conceptual frameworks from across the social sciences, the book examines contrasting perspectives on risk that occur in different policy domains and professional and lay discourses, discussing the dilemmas of response that arise from these sometimes contested viewpoints - from playground safety to risks associated with youthful substance use. The contributors address issues of gender, ethnicity and socio-economic status which impact on definitions and responses to risk, and consider related concepts, such as 'risk-resilience', care-control' and 'dependence-autonomy'. Written in an accessible manner, each chapter provides a specific policy case study to illustrate the cross-cutting themes and issues that will make it a key text for researchers and students. It also offers policy makers and practitioners a valuable insight into the complexities of balancing responsibility for protecting the young with the benefits of risk taking and the need to allow young people to experiment.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction ~ Betsy Thom, Rosemary Sales and Jenny Pearce
  • Mothering, deprivation and the formation of child psychoanalysis in Britain ~ Julia Borossa
  • Young people's perceptions of 'risk' ~ Jenni Ward and Mariana Bayley
  • Risk and the demise of children's play ~ David Ball
  • Children's perception of risk on the road ~ Kenneth Lupton and Mariana Bayley
  • New technology and the legal implications for child protection ~ Alan S. Reid
  • Parenting and risk ~ Rachel Hek
  • Meeting the needs of children whose parents have a serious drug problem ~ Neil McKeganey and Marina Barnard
  • Lives at risk: multiculturalism, young women and 'honour' killings ~ Veena Meetoo and Heidi Safia Mirza
  • Risk embodied? Growing up disabled ~ Lesley Jordan and Rosemary Sales
  • Young women, sexual behaviour and sexual decision making ~ Lesley Hoggart
  • Risk and resilience: a focus on sexually exploited young people ~ Jenny Pearce
  • In need of protection? Young refugees and risk ~ Rosemary Sales
  • Alcohol: protecting the young, protecting society ~ Betsy Thom
  • The prevention of youth crime: a risky business? ~ David Porteous.

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