A special issue of the Journal of Psychology, Health and Medicine is now out, featuring 15 papers commissioned by Know Violence in Childhood: A Global Learning Initiative.
The papers are written by leading researchers from diverse disciplines and countries. They address a range of issues that point to the complexity of violence experienced by children across the world – as well as evidence of strategies that are beginning to demonstrate effective ways to prevent violence. They make a strong case for policies and investments that can end violence in childhood. This is necessary to protect the human rights of children and greatly increase their potential to enjoy childhood and enhance their capabilities.
Papers in this special edition are listed below. For links to all the papers in this Special Issue, please visit the Know Violence website by clicking here.
- Editorial: Ending violence in childhood: a global imperative
A. K. Shiva Kumar, Vivien Stern, Ramya Subrahmanian, Lorraine Sherr, Patrick Burton, Nancy Guerra, Robert Muggah, Maureen Samms-Vaughan, Charlotte Watts and Soumya Kapoor Mehta - What explains childhood violence? Micro correlates from VACS surveys
Shamika Ravi and Rahul Ahluwalia - Child violence experiences in institutionalised/orphanage care
Lorraine Sherr, Kathryn J. Roberts and Natasha Gandhi - The impact of humanitarian emergencies on the prevalence of violence againstchildren: an evidence-based ecological framework
Beth L. Rubenstein and Lindsay Stark - The impact of polyvictimisation on children in LMICs: the case of Jamaica
Maureen Samms-Vaughan and Michael Lambert - The frequency and predictors of poly-victimisation of South African children andthe role of schools in its prevention
Lezanne Leoschut and Zuhayr Kafaar - Disclosure of physical, emotional and sexual child abuse, help-seeking and accessto abuse response services in two South African Provinces
Franziska Meinck, Lucie Cluver, Heidi Loening-Voysey, Rachel Bray, Jenny Doubt,Marisa Casale and Lorraine Sherr - Temporal patterns and predictors of bullying roles among adolescents inVietnam: a school-based cohort study
Ha Thi Hai Le, Michael P. Dunne, Marilyn A. Campbell, Michelle L. Gatton,Huong Thanh Nguyen and Nam T. Tran - Understanding social norms and violence in childhood: theoretical underpinningsand strategies for intervention
P. S. Lilleston, L. Goldmann, R. K. Verma and J. McCleary-Sills - Exploring opportunities for coordinated responses to intimate partner violence and child maltreatment in low and middle income countries: a scoping review
Loraine J. Bacchus, Manuela Colombini, Manuel Contreras Urbina, Emma Howarth, Frances Gardner,Jeannie Annan, Kim Ashburn, Bernadette Madrid, Ruti Levtov and Charlotte Watts - The prevention of violence in childhood through parenting programmes: a global review
Charlene Coore Desai, Jody-Ann Reece and Sydonnie Shakespeare-Pellington - What do we know about preventing school violence? A systematic review of systematic reviews
Soraya Lester, Cayleigh Lawrence and Catherine L. Ward - School corporal punishment in global perspective: prevalence, outcomes, and efforts atintervention
Elizabeth T. Gershoff - Bullying in schools: the state of knowledge and effective interventions
Ersilia Menesini and Christina Salmivalli - Violence and alternative care: a rapid review of the evidence Isabelle Brodie and Jenny Pearce
- Towards a framework for preventing community violence among youth Thomas P. Abt
