Constructing risky identities in policy and practice /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Kearney, Jeremy, Donovan, Catherine, 1961-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
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  • 1. Introduction: Identities, Individuals and Theories of Risk; Jeremy Kearney and Catherine Donovan
  • PART I: CONSTRUCTING RISKY IDENTITIES
  • 2. Risk, Identities and Recognition: A History of Dangerous Categories and Categories of Danger; Peter Rushton
  • 3. Risky Populations and Risky Identities: The Regulation of Trust and Relationships Between Adults and Children; Jeremy Kearney
  • 4. The Right to be Labelled: From Risk to Rights for Pupils with Dyslexia in 'Special Needs' Education; Stephen J. Macdonald
  • 5. Lesbian Mothering and Risky Choices: 'Dangerous' New Forms of Love and Kinship; Sheila Quaid
  • 6. Troubled Youth: Risk, Individualisation and Social Structure; Jacqueline Merchant
  • PART II: CONSTRUCTING RISKY AND 'AT RISK' INDIVIDUALS
  • 7. Redefining Domestic Violence and Abuse: Unintended Consequences of Risk Assessment; Catherine Donovan
  • 8. Technologies of Power? Constructing Digital Exclusion, Risk and Responsibility; John Clayton
  • 9. The Risky Business of Challenging Risk: Youth Work and Young People Through the Lens of 'Race'; Rick Bowler
  • 10. Probation and Risk: The Paradox of 'Rehabilitating' Intimately Violent Men; Nicola Ballantyne
  • 11. Conclusion: Reflections on Risk, Identity and the State.