Growing up with Risk |
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| Editor:
| Thom, Betsy
Sales, Rosemary
Pearce, Jenny |
| ISBN: | 978-1-86134-732-9 |
| Publication Date: | May 2007 |
| Publisher: | Policy Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $174.99 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.