Lorraine Radford is an independent researcher and former Head of Research at the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC). Lorraine has many years experience working as an academic researcher, including 15 years experience of university-based research and teaching, her last post being Reader in Criminology at Roehampton University, UK, where she convened the Criminology under graduate programme and co-convened courses on children's rights.

'Lorraine Radford is one of the UK's leading experts on children and young people's experience of violence, abuse and neglect. This brilliant new book synthesizes the findings of a number of new research studies with a critical interrogation of the way children and young people's experiences are constructed politically, popularly in the media, and professionally in social work and criminal justice discourse. The book is packed with worked examples, interviews with leading experts, question-based exercises, and helpful statistics, all of which will prove invaluable to those intervening, teaching, or legislating in this most important of areas. Superbly researched, clearly written, and engaging at so many levels; Rethinking Children, Violence and Safeguarding is a must buy for anyone committed to alleviating the problems of violence experienced and engaged in by children and young people.' David Gadd, Professor of Criminology and Director of the Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Manchester, UK

• Introduction to the New Childhoods Series \ Part I: Debates, Dilemmas and Challenges \ 1. Children Living In A Violent World? \ Part II: An Interdisciplinary Overview of Recent Research and Scholarship \ 2. Why Are Some Children Violent? \ 3. What Causes Child Maltreatment? \ Part III: Implications for Children's Lives \ 4. Consequences \ 5. Villains and Victims \ 6. Behaving Badly \ 7. Protection, Safeguarding and Prevention \ References \ Index

Lorraine Radford is an independent researcher and former Head of Research at the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC). Lorraine has many years experience working as an academic researcher, including 15 years experience of university-based research and teaching, her last post being Reader in Criminology at Roehampton University, UK, where she convened the Criminology under graduate programme and co-convened courses on children's rights.

'Lorraine Radford is one of the UK's leading experts on children and young people's experience of violence, abuse and neglect. This brilliant new book synthesizes the findings of a number of new research studies with a critical interrogation of the way children and young people's experiences are constructed politically, popularly in the media, and professionally in social work and criminal justice discourse. The book is packed with worked examples, interviews with leading experts, question-based exercises, and helpful statistics, all of which will prove invaluable to those intervening, teaching, or legislating in this most important of areas. Superbly researched, clearly written, and engaging at so many levels; Rethinking Children, Violence and Safeguarding is a must buy for anyone committed to alleviating the problems of violence experienced and engaged in by children and young people.' David Gadd, Professor of Criminology and Director of the Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Manchester, UK

• Introduction to the New Childhoods Series \ Part I: Debates, Dilemmas and Challenges \ 1. Children Living In A Violent World? \ Part II: An Interdisciplinary Overview of Recent Research and Scholarship \ 2. Why Are Some Children Violent? \ 3. What Causes Child Maltreatment? \ Part III: Implications for Children's Lives \ 4. Consequences \ 5. Villains and Victims \ 6. Behaving Badly \ 7. Protection, Safeguarding and Prevention \ References \ Index