Growing up with risk

Betsy Thom is Reader in Drug and Alcohol Studies at Middlesex University. Rosemary Sales is Professor of Social Policy, specialising in refugee and migration studies, Middlesex University. Jenny Pearce is Professor of Young People and Public Policy, University of Bedfordshire

• Introduction ~ Betsy Thom, Rosemary Sales and Jenny Pearce; Mothering, deprivation and the formation of child psychoanalysis in Britain ~ Julia Borossa; Young people's perceptions of 'risk' ~ Jenni Ward and Mariana Bayley; Risk and the demise of children's play ~ David Ball; Children's perception of risk on the road ~ Kenneth Lupton and Mariana Bayley; New technology and the legal implications for child protection ~ Alan S. Reid; Parenting and risk ~ Rachel Hek; Meeting the needs of children whose parents have a serious drug problem ~ Neil McKeganey and Marina Barnard; Lives at risk: multiculturalism, young women and 'honour' killings ~ Veena Meetoo and Heidi Safia Mirza; Risk embodied? Growing up disabled ~ Lesley Jordan and Rosemary Sales; Young women, sexual behaviour and sexual decision making ~ Lesley Hoggart; Risk and resilience: a focus on sexually exploited young people ~ Jenny Pearce; In need of protection? Young refugees and risk ~ Rosemary Sales; Alcohol: protecting the young, protecting society ~ Betsy Thom; The prevention of youth crime: a risky business? ~ David Porteous.

"This interesting and exciting book makes an original contribution to the developing field of risk theory, taking a wide ranging look at the issue of risk as it relates to the process of growing up in our increasingly cautious culture. 'Growing up with risk' is not to be missed by anyone interested in risk and young people." Marilyn Gregory, Department of Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield