Violence in Children and Adolescents

`Violence in Children and Adolescents' is an exploration of violence both by and against children, its causes and approaches to its amelioration. It is invaluable reading for anyone who works with young people. The contributors comprise an authoritative range of both practitioners and academics, including forensic psychiatrists and forensic psychologists, psychotherapists and criminologists. Together they examine topics such as children who kill; violent young offenders; immigrant children who have been the victims of war; the influence of television; the relationship to the family; and racial and sexual violence.

Violence in society is increasingly prevalent and of great concern to anyone working with children and teenagers. `Violence in Children and Adolescents' offers a broad scope of interpretations and insight which is essential reading for professionals and students alike.

Ved Varma is a retired educational psychologist who has worked with the Institute of Education, the University of London, the Tavistock Clinic and the London Boroughs of Richmond-upon-Thames and Brent. He has published widely in the areas of education, psychology, psychiatry, psychotherapy and social work. He is the editor of How and Why Children Hate, How and Why Children Fail. and, with Kedar N. Dwivedi, Meeting the Needs of Ethnic Minority Children (all from Jessica Kingsley Publishers)