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Call for Abstracts for a Special Issue of Children, Youth and Environment (www.colorado.edu/journals/cye/) due out Autumn 2012
“Children, Violence, Community and the Physical Environment”
Guest Editor, Dr. Kevin Lalor, Centre for Social and Educational Research (CSER), Department of Social Sciences, Dublin Institute of Technology
Key words
Children, youth, violence, community, place, physical environments, harmful environments, on-line environments, child friendly environments, environmental psychology, design and violence, children’s freedom of movement.
Aims
The aim of this special issue is to explore the influence of the community and physical environment / place on violence against children. Violence and abuse of children have received much attention from researchers and policymakers in recent times. However, the physical environment in which violence occurs is not often a focus. This special issue of Children, Youth and Environments shall examine the interplay between the communities in which children live, the physical parameters of these environments and the nature and incidence of violence experienced by children and young people - that is, the socio-ecological factors which moderate or aggravate violence against children. The primary aim shall be to examine the physical environment in which community relations occur and the effect these have on violence against children / youth, or the creation of places of refuge and healing.
All papers should concern themselves with aspects of place. They should make clear how children enact their lives in particular places and how specific place-related characteristics affect their safety.
Expressions of interest
One-page abstracts of your paper ideas (up to 200 words) should be sent by November 30, 2011 to Kevin Lalor <kevin.lalor@dit.ie> and copied to cye@colorado.edu
Full text of the Call for Abstracts is here: [Call for Abstracts: Children, Youth and the Environment].