Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach

Children are subject to many forms of adversity, for example, poverty or ill health. However, a significant form of adversity experienced by children in many different regions of the world is violence. The form of violence against children varies widely and is hugely disparate. In this free course, Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach, the focus is on three different environments where children experience violence.

• Introduction
• Learning outcomes
• 1 Overview
• 1 Overview
• 1.1 Children and violence
• 2 Violence in the home
• 2 Violence in the home
• 2.1 Violence towards children
• 2.2 Children's violence
• 3 Violence between peers
• 3 Violence between peers
• 3.1 Bullying – children as victims
• 3.2 Children as perpetrators
• 3.3 Children as peacemakers – peer mediation
• 4 Violence within armed conflicts
• 4 Violence within armed conflicts
• 4.1 The effects of armed conflict on children
• 4.2 Violence within communities
• 4.3 Children and the armed forces
• 4.3.1 Child soldiers in Sierra Leone, Burma and Uganda
• 4.3.2 Children in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge
• 4.4 Why shouldn't children fight?
• 4.5 Strategies for reintegrating child soldiers
• 5 Conclusion
• 5 Conclusion
• References
• Acknowledgements