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[v TOC] Contents Introduction Nancy E. Dowd Prologue: Developmental Variations Among Children and Adolescents: An Overview of the Research and Policy Implications Dorothy G. Singer Part I. Children as Victims 1. Child Witnessing of Domestic Violence Naomi Cahn 2. Domestic Violence and Child Protection: Confronting the Dilemmas in Moving from Family Court to Dependency Court Tom Lyon and Mindy Mechanic 3. Sexually Predatory Parents and the Children in Their Care: Remove the Threat, Not the Child Robin Fretwell Wilson 4. Exposure to Pornography as a Cause of Child Victimization Diana E.H. Russell and Natalie Purcell 5. Statutory Rape: An Empirical Examination of Claims of ?Overreaction? Ross Cheit and Laura Braslow 6. Mitigating the Impact of Publicity on Child CrimeVictims and Witnesses Charles Putnam and David Finkelhor Part II. Children as Consumers of Violence 7. The Violent Shadows of Children?s Culture John Cech 8. A Preliminary Demography of Television Violence Nancy Signorelli 9. Protecting Children?s Welfare in an Anxiety-Provoking Media Environment Joanne Cantor 10. The Impact of Violent Music on Youth Barbara J. Wilson and Nicole Martins 11. How Real Is the Problem of TV Violence? Research and Policy Perspectives Dale Kunkel and Lara Zwarun 12. Violent Video Games, Effects on Youth and Public Policy Implications Douglas A. Gentile and Craig A. Anderson 13. Positive Features of Video Games Laurie Taylor 14. Children, Adolescents, and the Culture of Online Hate Brendesha Tynes 15. Constitutional Obstacles to Regulating Violence in the Media Catherine J. Ross Part III. Children as Perpetrators 16. Peer Victimization: The Nature and Prevalence of Bullying Among Children and Youth Susan P. Limber 17. Bullying and Violence in American Schools Ellen de Lara 18. Judging Juvenile Responsibility: A Social Ecological Perspective Mark R. Fondacaro and Lauren G. Fasig 19. Adult Punishment for Juvenile Offeders: Does It Reduce Crime? Richard E. Redding 20. Psychopathy Assessment and Juvenile Justice Mental Health Evaluations Matthew Owen Howard, Michael K. Dayton, Kirk A. Foster, Michael G. Vaughn and John L. Zelner 21. Cleaning Up Toxic Violence: An EcoGenerist Paradigm Barbara Bennett Woodhouse Author Index Subject Index
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Children and violence.
Children -- Crimes against.
Violence in children.
Violence in popular culture.