Peer violence in children's residential care
By: Christine Barter ... [et al.].
Contributors: Barter, Christine.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
Subjects: Children -- Institutional care -- Great Britain; Children -- Violence against -- Great Britain; Children and violence -- Great Britain; Violence in children -- Great Britain; Bullying -- Great Britain; Peer pressure in children -- Great Britain
Description: "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, and using a sociological approach, Peer Violence in Children's Residential Care offers new and important insights about the nature of peer violence from children's own perspectives and experiences. Issues young people identified included: the significance of group culture; the damaging nature of verbal attacks; the links between violence and gender; as well as the hierarchical nature of the group or 'pecking order'. Most young people trusted staff to protect them against physical violence from peers. The study also points to the ways in which organisational features of homes are associated with different levels and types of violent behaviour.

The authors identify strategies whereby peer violence in children's residential care can be tackled."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.