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Preventing and Responding to Violence Against Children
Laura E. Miller-Graff, Scott L. Moeschberger, Catherine A. Maloney ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-sonnet-5-5This is the abstract of an edited volume on preventing and responding to violence against children in all its forms. It offers recommendations for researchers, practitioners and policymakers. Researchers are encouraged to use a broad definition of violence and to look at how different forms of violence overlap and add up. Practitioners and policymakers are encouraged to build partnerships and integrated networks that meet children's whole range of needs.
Key points
- Violence against children is described as a complex social problem.
- Researchers should use a diverse conceptualisation of violence, considering co-occurring and compounding effects on children's lives.
- Researchers should continue longitudinal, process-oriented and mixed-methods work on trajectories of both risk and resilience.
- Practitioners should form multisystemic and multisectoral partnerships to support comprehensive models of care, with violence prevention as a critical goal.
- Policymakers should consider how to support integrated networks that address children's holistic needs.
Limitations
Only a short abstract of an edited volume is provided, so it gives no specific findings, data, countries or study methods. It does not evaluate any particular intervention.
Abstract
Abstract Violence against children (VAC) is a complex social problem, and this edited volume offers important insights for how researchers, practitioners, and policymakers can continue to advance work on the prevention and response to VAC in all of its forms. Specifically, researchers should employ a diverse conceptualization of violence, considering the co-occurring and compounding effects of violence on the lives of children. Researchers should also continue to forward longitudinal and process-oriented work, as well as mixed-methods work focusing on trajectories of both risk and resilience. This will further advance well-contextualized and holistic understandings of children’s flourishing. Practitioners should regularly engage in multisystemic and multisectoral partnerships to support comprehensive models of care, with the prevention of violence as a critical goal of these efforts. Similarly, policymakers should consider how to support integrated networks that address children’s holistic needs.