Children, Families and Violence Format:Hardback Cohen challenges the assumption that

Cohen challenges the assumption that one cannot work for the central or local government and challenge it at the same time

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Children, Families and Violence Format:Hardback Cohen challenges the assumption thatThis book examines the risk factors surrounding children at risk of experiencing and perpetrating violence, and looks at the positive role that children's rights can play in their protection. The authors propose that violence in childhood is not spontaneous: that children are raised to become violent in poorly functioning families and child unfriendly environments. They may be exposed to toxic substances in utero, to maltreatment in infancy, to