Adolescent Neglect - Softcover

Gwyther Rees, Mike Stein, Leslie Hicks And Sarah Gorin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1849051046 ISBN 13: 9781849051040

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Pub, 2011

Synopsis

Outlines how adolescent neglect differs from child neglect, the context of why it is overlooked, how it is defined, the causes and consequences of neglect, young people's views, and what professionals can do

About this title

About the Authors

Gwyther Rees is Research Director, The Children's Society, UK, and Visiting Associate, Social Policy Research Unit, University of York, UK. His recent research has included a focus on young runaways and child protection issues affecting young people, and his current research focuses on children's well-being.

Leslie Hicks is Reader in the School of Health and Social Care at the University of Lincoln, UK. She specializes in research in the fields of services for children and adults, child protection and well-being and social exclusion.

Mike Stein is a Research Professor in the Social Policy Research Unit at York University, UK. He is also a qualified social worker and has worked as a probation officer, a senior child care officer and an area manager in a social services department. He has spent the last thirty years researching the problems and challenges faced by young people leaving care. He is also a co-ordinator of the Transitions from Care to Adulthood International Research Group (INTRAC).

Sarah Gorin is a Senior Research Officer at NSPCC. Her research interests include child protection, family support, looked after children, children's participation and the impact of domestic violence, parental substance misuse and parental ill health on children.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Pub
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1849051046
• ISBN 13: 9781849051040
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144