◎ contents 1. the emotional impact of violence on children / Sheila Melzak 2. the backgrounds of violent young offenders : the present picture / Gwyneth Boswell 3. Psychiatric assessment of the violent child and adolescent towards understanding and safe intervention / Susan Bailey 4. Psychological assessment and monitoring of violent children and adolescents / Kevin J.Epps 5. Psycho-social approaches to the understanding and reduction of violence in young people / James McGuire 6. Roots of sexual violence in children and adolescents / Colin Hawkes 7. Violence in adolescence / Arthur Hyatt Williams 8. A violent child and his family / Richard Davies 9. Racial violence and young people / Surya Bhate 10.Television and the well-being of children and young people / Richard Sparks 11.Risk and danger in young people's leisure / Ken Roberts 12.Groupwork with violent children and adolescents / Kedar Nath Dwivedi 13.The police relationship with violent children and adolescents / Nigel Frielding references contributors subject index author index