Childhood Victimization

Childhood Victimization
Author: David Finkelhor
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 243
Release: 2008-03-10
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0199711453

Children are the most criminally victimized segment of the population, and a substantial number face multiple, serious "poly-victimizations" during a single year. And despite the fact that the priority emphasis in academic research and government policy has traditionally gone to studying juvenile delinquents, children actually appear before authorities more frequently as victims than as offenders. But at the same time, the media and many advocates have failed to note the good news: rates of sexual abuse, child homicide, and many other forms of victimization declined dramatically after the mid-1990s, and some terribly feared forms of child victimization, like stereotypical stranger abduction, are remarkably uncommon. The considerable ignorance about the realities of child victimization can be chalked up to a field that is fragmented, understudied, and subjected to political demagoguery. In this persuasive book, David Finkelhor presents a comprehensive new vision to encompass the prevention, treatment, and study of juvenile victims, unifying conventional subdivisions like child molestation, child abuse, bullying, and exposure to community violence. Developmental victimology, his term for this integrated perspective, looks at child victimization across childhood's span and yields fascinating insights about how to categorize juvenile victimizations, how to think about risk and impact, and how victimization patterns change over the course of development. The book also provides a valuable new model of society's response to child victimization - what Finkelhor calls the Juvenile Victim Justice System - and a fresh way of thinking about barriers that victims and their families encounter when seeking help. These models will be very useful to anyone seeking to improve the way we try to help child victims. Crimes against children still happen far too often, but by proposing a new framework for thinking about the issue, Childhood Victimization opens a promising door to reducing its frequency and improving the response. Professionals, policymakers, and child advocates will find this paradigm-shifting book to be a valuable addition to their shelves.

The Victimization of Children

The Victimization of Children
Author: Janet L. Mullings
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 358
Release: 2004
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 0789024063

This book provides insights into such contemporary issues as victimization of children via the Internet, short- and long-term effects of terrorism on children, and applying new technologies to understanding spatial distribution of child abuse.

Treating the Lifetime Health Effects of Childhood Victimization

Treating the Lifetime Health Effects of Childhood Victimization
Author: Kathleen A. Kendall-Tackett
Publisher: Civic Research Institute, Inc.
Total Pages: 77
Release: 2003
Genre: Adult child abuse victims
ISBN: 1887554343

Treating the Lifetime Health Effects of Childhood Victimization:- reports on the latest research in both child maltreatment and health psychology/behavioral medicine and concisely outlines five critical pathways by which childhood abuse can negatively impact the health of your adult patients.-shows how each variable pertains to adult survivors, and then how it is related to health. Dozens of important studies are detailed and their implications for clinical practice set out clearly. The book focuses on health care settings, where health problems are most likely to surface. Both health care and mental health professionals will find clinical management guidelines of direct, practical use.

Treatment of Child Abuse

Treatment of Child Abuse
Author: Robert M. Reece
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 408
Release: 2005-04-05
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780801881824

"Highly recommended for expert and beginner alike. It is well written, well organized, easy to read, and packed with useful information." -- Child Abuse & Neglect "This book represents a milestone in expanding the resource base for professionals working in the child abuse field." -- Journal of Child and Family Studies

Polyvictimization

Polyvictimization
Author: Julian D. Ford
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2020-05-21
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1000007898

This book provides an overview of the core research and theory on polyvictimization – exposure to multiple types of victimization that may have negative and potentially lifelong biopsychosocial impacts. The contributors to the volume address such topics as measurement issues in how polyvictimization should be assessed and measured; developmental risks of early childhood polyvictimization for maltreated children in foster care; gender differences in polyvictimization and its consequences among juvenile justice-involved youth; the importance of trauma-focused treatment for polyvictimized youth in the juvenile justice system; and the nature of polyvictimization in the internet era. Suited to readers who are new to the topic including graduate and undergraduate students, as well as researchers and clinicians who want a concise update on the latest empirical research from the frontiers of this field, this book provides findings and methodological innovations of interest to researchers and human service professionals. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Trauma & Dissociation.

Sexually Victimized Children

Sexually Victimized Children
Author: David Finkelhor
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2010-05-11
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1439119031

Based on a large-scale survey and in light of demographic and cultural factors, the author examines why children are sexually victimized, the sources of trauma, differences between reported and unreported cases of assault, and possible increases in sexual victimization.

Child Victimization

Child Victimization
Author: Kathleen A. Kendall-Tackett
Publisher: Civic Research Institute, Inc.
Total Pages: 111
Release: 2005
Genre: Abused children
ISBN: 1887554483