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
Paolo Sergio Pinheiro

Preface: Freedom from Violence for all Children
Gertrud Lenzer

Acknowledgments

1 General Introduction: Violence against Children: From a Hidden Phenomenon to a Global Concern
Marta Santos Pais, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children

Part I. General and International Dimensions of Violence against Children
2 Violence against Children: Endemic, Detrimental, Preventable
Susan Hillis, James A. Mercy, Howard Kress, Alexander Butchart
3 INSPIRE: Using the Best Evidence to Prevent Violence against Children
Alexander Butchart, Susan Hillis, Stephanie Burrows
4 The Global Movement to End All Corporal Punishment of Children
Joan E. Durant
5 Confronting Child Exploitation: The Optional Protocols and the Role of Children's Rights Law
Jonathan Todres
6 Violence against Children in Africa
Sonia Vohito
7 Violence against Children in the Asia Pacific Region
Victor P. Karunan and Neelam Singh
8 Current Perspectives on Violence against Children in Europe
Kevin Lalor and Rosaleen McElvaney
9 Violence against Children in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Review of Population-Based Data Avaliable for Measuring Progress Towards the Sustainable Development Goals.
Sarah Bott, Alessandra C. Guides, Constanza Hege, Jennifer Adams Mendoza
10 Epigenetic and Multigenerational Impact of Adversity
Frances A. Champagne

PART II. Violence against Children and the United States
11 Violence in the Lives of Children in the United States
Jennifer Vanderminden
12 The U.S. Department of Justice Defending Childhood Initiative: Advancing the Cause of Children Exposed to Violence
Phelan Wyrick and Dara Blachman-Demner
13 The Problem of Corporal Punishment and the Solution of Positive Parenting in the United States
George W. Holden and Rose Ashraf
14 The Violence of Child Poverty
Marian Wright Edelman
15 The Violence of Child Homelessness in the United States
Patricia Julianelle and Irene Sauceda
16 The Urgent Need to Disrupt Structural Violence against Children in American Foster Care
Ira Lustbader and Elissa Glucksman Hyne
17 School to Prison Pipeline
Rosa K. Hirji
18 Racial and Ethnic Disparities of Children in the United States: Pursuing Equity and Engaging Structural Racism in Youth Serving Systems
James Bell
19 Youth Prisons as a Form of Violence: An International Human Rights Perspective
Vincent Schiraldi