Growing up with risk / / ed. by Betsy Thom, Rosemary Sales, Jenny Pearce.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-1995
• MitwirkendeR: Ball, David,; Barnard, Marina,; Bayley, Mariana,; Borossa, Julia,; Hek, Rachel,; Hoggart, Lesley,; Jordan, Lesley,; Lupton, Kenneth,; McKeganey, Neil,; Meetoo, Veena,; Mirza, Heidi Safia,; Pearce, Jenny J.,; Porteous, David,; Reid, Alan S.,; Sales, Rosemary,; Thom, Betsy,; Ward, Jenni,
• HerausgeberIn: Pearce, Jenny,; Sales, Rosemary,; Thom, Betsy,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2007]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (296 p.)

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

Front Matter -- Contents -- List of tables, figures and boxes -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on contributors -- Introduction -- Mothering, deprivation and the formation of child psychoanalysis in Britain -- Young people’s perceptions of ‘risk’ -- Risk and the demise of children’s play -- Children’s perceptions of risk on the road -- New technology and the legal implications for child protection -- Parenting and risk -- Meeting the needs of children whose parents have a serious drug problem -- Lives at risk: multiculturalism, young women and ‘honour’ killings -- Risk embodied? Growing up disabled -- Young women, sexual behaviour and sexual decision making -- Risk and resilience: a focus on sexually exploited young people -- In need of protection? Young refugees and risk -- Alcohol: protecting the young, protecting society -- The prevention of youth crime: a risky business? -- Index