Duration
20 Jun 2010 - 26 Jun 2010
The course focuses on violence towards children and youth; aetiology, phenomena, prevention, interventions, theory and policy. Equal attention is given to all age groups of children and youth. Children experience violence before they are born, soon afterwards and throughout childhood. It is omnipresent: we find it in the family, at school, in the streets, media and in relationships. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child will be an overarching principle for the course, and will be reflected in the presentations. Relevant articles in the Convention will be examined. We plan to explore violence against children and youth at all levels in society, through lectures and discussions in small groups and in plenary.
Course Director Group:
Paul deHeer
HAN-University
P.O. Box 2029
6500 JK Nijmegen
The Netherlands
E-mail: paul.deheer@han.nl
Jim Lurie
NTNU Social Research
NTNU Dragvoll
7491 Trondheim
Norway
E-mail: jim.lurie@samfunn.ntnu.no
Caroline Meffan
University of Herfordshire
Collage Lane, Hatfield, UK
E-mail: c.meffan@herts.ac.uk
Philip Mongan
1508 15th Ave SW
Decatur AL 35601
USA
E-mail: philmongan@hotmail.com
Torill Tjelflaat (Organizing director)
NTNU Social Research
NTNU Dragvoll
7491 Trondheim
Norway
E-mail: torill.tjelflaat@samfunn.ntnu.no