Growing Up With Risk
Contributors: Jenny Pearce (Editor); Rosemary Sales (Editor); Betsy Thom (Editor)
Publisher: Policy Pr
Published: May 16, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9781861347312
Subjects: Public Policy - General; Sociology - General; Social Science; Child development; Child welfare; Great Britain; Sociology
Description: This text provides a critical analysis of ways in which risk assessment and management are defined and applied in policy, theory and practice in relation to children and young people. It offers insight into the complexities of balancing responsibility for protecting the young with the benefits of risk taking.