Violence Against Children

Gertrud Lenzer is Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Children’s Studies at The City University of New York. She has published widely in the fields of philosophy and the social sciences, children’s rights and children’s studies. In 1991, Lenzer was both the founder of the interdisciplinary field of Children’s Studies as well as the Founding Chair of the Sociology of Children Section of the American Sociological Association. Her current work includes an appointment to the 16-member New York State Advisory Committee to the US Commission on Civil Rights from 2015–2020.

List of Contributors. Foreword. Preface: Freedom from Violence for All Children. Acknowledgments. Chapter 1: Violence against Children: From a Hidden Phenomenon to a Global Concern. Part I. General and International Dimensions of Violence against Children. Chapter 2: Violence against Children: Endemic, Detrimental, Preventable. Chapter 3: INSPIRE: Using the Best Evidence to Prevent Violence against Children. Chapter 4: The Global Movement to End All Corporal Punishment of Children. Chapter 5: Confronting Child Exploitation: The Optional Protocols and the Role of Children’s Rights Law. Chapter 6: Violence Against Children in Africa. Chapter 7: Violence against Children in the Asia Pacific Region. Chapter 8: Current Perspectives on Violence against Children in Europe. Chapter 9: Violence against Children in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Review of Population-Based Data Available for Measuring Progress Towards the Sustainable Development Goals. Chapter 10: Epigenetic and Multigenerational Impact of Adversity. PART II. Violence against Children and the United States. Chapter 11: Violence in the Lives of Children in the United States. Chapter 12: The U.S. Department of Justice Defending Childhood Initiative: Advancing the Cause of Children Exposed to Violence. Chapter 13: The Problem of Corporal Punishment and the Solution of Positive Parenting in the United States. Chapter 14: The Violence of Child Poverty. Chapter 15: The Violence of Child Homelessness. Chapter 16: The Urgent Need to Disrupt Structural Violence against Children in American Foster Care. Chapter 17: School to Prison Pipeline. Chapter 18: Racial and Ethnic Disparities of Children in the United States: Pursuing Equity and Engaging Structural Racism in Youth Serving Systems. Chapter 19: Youth Prisons as a Form of Violence: An International Human Rights Perspective.