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Growing up with risk
Growing up with risk
This book 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 explores the complexities of balancing responsibility for protecting the young with the benefits of risk-taking and the need to allow experimentation.
296 pages
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | May 16, 2007 |
ISBN13 | 9781861347312 |
Publishers | Policy Press |
Pages | 296 |
Dimensions | 164 × 233 × 17 mm · 417 g |
Language | English |
Editor | Pearce, Jenny (Jenny Pearce, OBE, is a Professor of Young People and Public Policy at the University of Bedfordshire.) |
Editor | Sales, Rosemary (Migration and Refugee Research Unit, School of Health and Social Sciences, Middlesex University) |
Editor | Thom, Betsy (School of Health and Social Sciences, Middlesex University) |