TY - BOOK ID - 77864138 TI - Child safety AU - Gillham, Bill AU - Thomson, James A PY - 1996 SN - 1134802803 1280144785 0203977955 9780203977958 9786610144785 6610144788 041512476X 9780415124768 9780415124775 0415124778 0415124778 9781134802753 9781134802791 9781134802807 113480279X 9781280144783 PB - London New York Routledge DB - UniCat KW - Children's accidents KW - Child abuse KW - Safety education. KW - Child welfare. KW - Child protective services KW - Child protective services personnel KW - Children KW - CPS (Child protective services) KW - Humane societies KW - Protection of children KW - Family policy KW - Public welfare KW - Social work with children KW - Social work with youth KW - Accidents KW - Safety training programs KW - Childproofing (Accident prevention) KW - Prevention. KW - Charities KW - Charities, protection, etc. KW - Protection KW - Prevention KW - Study and teaching UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77864138 AB - Child safety is everybody's concern, but much professional activity is misinformed or based on a misrepresentation of the facts, and preventative action is rarely adequately evaluated. Written and edited by leading researchers with an active role in social policy, this new book challenges both our understanding of the problem of child safety and points to the impotence of ""educational"" approaches based on ""knowledge enhancement"". The strong message is that improving children's knowledge has little or no effect on their behaviour. From the physical abuse of young children to drug abuse in a ER -