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by Claudette Crawford-Brown. 148 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Claudette Crawford-Brown

Publisher:

   Canoe Press University of The West Indies

Place of Publication:

  Kingston, Jamaica  

Publication Year:

  1999
Subjects:   Children--Jamaica, Child Welfare--Jamaica, Child Abuse--Jamaica, Parenting--Jamaica, Jamaica--Social Policy
Table of contents
Contents
Foreword / ix
Preface / x
Chapter 1 The Jamaican Child Welfare System / 1
Introduction / 1
Facts Concerning Children in Government Care / 4
Problems of Jamaican Child Welfare / 8
Policy on Child Welfare / 15
Administrative Reform of Services for Children / 16
Solutions and Recommendations / 20
Summary / 23
Resource Material / 29
Chapter 2 Children in Need of Protection / 32
Introduction / 32
Child Abuse and Neglect in Jamaica / 33
Children in Violent Communities / 44
Children and the Transportation System / 47
Child Prostitution in Jamaica / 52
Barrel Children / 53
Children with AIDS / 57
Children with Disabilities / 60
Summary / 62
Resource Material / 64
Chapter 3 Children in Trouble / 67
Introduction / 67
Inadequate Programme Development for Children in Trouble / 68
Children as Perpetrators of Violence in Schools / 70
Children in Adult Jails / 74
Street and Working Children in Jamaica / 80
Children who Are Criminals/Children who Exhibit Antisocial Behaviour / 82
Summary / 85
Resource Material / 88
Chapter 4 Parenting in the Jamaican Society / 91
Introduction / 91
Domestic Violence and Children / 92
Sex and Children: Are Our Children Overexposed? / 96
Children and the Media / 99
Parent's Resource Kit / 103
Summary / 114
Resource Material / 115
Chapter 5 The Jamaican Child of the Nineties / 117
Introduction / 117
Policy Research Evaluation and Link to Programme Planning / 118
The Role of the Transportation System in Promoting Violence / 118
Time to Stand up for our Children / 120
Christmas Treats for Children: Balloons that Burst / 125
Who Will Save our Children? / 127
We Are People Too / 133
Resource Material / 135
Bibliography / 137
Index / 140
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