Handbook of children, culture, and violence / edited by Nancy E. Dowd, Dorothy G. Singer, Robin Fretwell Wilson.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: Dowd, Nancy E., 1949-; Singer, Dorothy G.; Wilson, Robin Fretwell.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Physical Description: l, 483 p. :; ill.

Table of Contents

Introduction / Nancy E. Dowd -- Prologue: Developmental variations among children and adolescents--an overview of the research and policy implications / Dorothy G. Singer -- Child witnessing of domestic violence / Naomi Cahn -- Domestic violence and child protection: confronting the dilemmas in moving from family court to dependency court / Thomas D. Lyon and Mindy B. Mechanic -- Sexually predatory parents and the children in their care: remove the threat, not the child / Robin Fretwell Wilson -- Exposure to pornography as a cause of child sexual victimization / Diana E. H. Russell and Natalie J. Purcell -- Statutory rape: an empirical examination of claims of "overreaction" / Ross E. Cheit and Laura Braslow -- Mitigating the impact of publicity on child crime victims and witnesses / Charles Putnam and David Finkelhor -- The violent shadows of children's culture / John Cech -- A preliminary demography of television violence / Nancy Signorelli -- Protecting children's welfare in an anxiety-producing media environment / Joanna Cantor -- The impact of violent music on youth / Barbara J. Wilson and Nicole Martins -- How real is the problem of TV violence? Research and policy perspectives / Dale Kunkel and Lara Zwarun -- Violent video games: effects on youth and public policy implications / Douglas A. Gentile and Craig A. Anderson -- Positive features of video games / Laurie N. Taylor -- Children, adolescents, and the culture of online hate / Brendesha Tynes -- Constitutional obstacles to regulating violence in the media / Catherine J. Ross -- Peer victimization: the nature and prevalence of bullying among children and youth / Susan P. Limber -- Bullying and violence in American schools / Elen DeLara -- Judging juvenile responsibility: a social ecological perspective / Mark R. Fondacaro and Lauren G. Fasig -- Adult punishment for juvenile offenders: does it reduce crime? / Richard E. Redding -- Psychopathy assessment and juvenile justice mental health evaluations / Matthew Owen Howard, Michael K. Dayton, Kirk A. Foster, Michael G. Vaughn, and John L. Zelner -- Cleaning up toxic violence: an ecogenerist paradigm / Barbara Bennett Woodhouse.