Peer Violence in Children's Residential Care

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Childhood, Peer Relationships and Peer Violence

   • Christine Barter, Emma Renold, David Berridge, Pat Cawson

   Pages 1-28

3. Mapping Peer Violence in Children’s Homes

   • Christine Barter, Emma Renold, David Berridge, Pat Cawson

   Pages 29-58

4. Young People’s Perspectives on Violence

   • Christine Barter, Emma Renold, David Berridge, Pat Cawson

   Pages 59-78

5. Staff Perspectives on Violence

   • Christine Barter, Emma Renold, David Berridge, Pat Cawson

   Pages 79-103

6. Shared and Different Understandings of Violence

   • Christine Barter, Emma Renold, David Berridge, Pat Cawson

   Pages 104-138

7. Institutional and Organisational Factors Associated with Violence

   • Christine Barter, Emma Renold, David Berridge, Pat Cawson

   Pages 139-160

8. Evaluating Working Practices

   • Christine Barter, Emma Renold, David Berridge, Pat Cawson

   Pages 161-183

9. Responding to Violence — Methods of Intervention

   • Christine Barter, Emma Renold, David Berridge, Pat Cawson

   Pages 184-202

10. Conclusion

    • Christine Barter, Emma Renold, David Berridge, Pat Cawson

    Pages 203-228

11. Back Matter

    Pages 229-249

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Much concern has been expressed about the scandal of physical and sexual abuse by care workers of children living in residential homes but this is the first detailed study of the major problem of violence between children . Based on extensive interviews with young people as well as staff, children's own perspectives and experiences of violence are highlighted. There is important new information about different levels of violence between homes, the significance of gender and group hierarchies, and strategies to tackle violence.

• care
• childhood
• children
• gender
• Hierarchie
• Institution
• intervention
• methods
• organization
• Presse
• violence
• childhood studies

CHRISTINE BARTER is Senior NSPCC Research Fellow with the University of Luton. She has previously undertaken research on a wide range of child protection issues. Recently Christine's work has focused on the methodological and ethical issues of undertaking research with children and young people.

EMMA RENOLD is a Lecturer in Childhood Studies at the Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University. Her main research interests focus on children's gender and sexual identities, gender-based and sexual bullying and researching sensitive topics with children. These key areas are explored in her forthcoming book Girls, Boys and Junior Sexualities.

DAVID BERRIDGE is Professor of Child and Family Welfare at the University of Luton and Director of the Child and Family Welfare Research Unit. He was formerly Research Director at the National Children's Bureau and Research Fellow at the Dartington Social Research Unit, University of Bristol.

PAT CAWSON is Head of Child Protection Research at the NSPCC. Previous posts included Assistant Principal Adviser to the London Boroughs Children's Regional Planning Committee, Senior Lecturer in Social Work at Oxford Polytechnic (now Oxford Brookes University), and Principal Research Officer at the Department of Health.

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