Browsing Research publications by Author "Littlechild, B."
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Black and minority ethnic groups and youth offending
Sender, H.; Littlechild, B.; Smith, N. (2006)Despite significant concerns and public inquiries concerning the treatment of ethnic minorities within the criminal justice system as a whole, research on this area in relation to the youth justice system is comparatively ... -
Child Protection Social Work : Risks of Fears and Fears of Risks – Impossible Tasks from Impossible Goals?
Littlechild, B. (2008)This article examines the relationship between the causes and effects of fear in child protection social workers, and the effects of risk assessment and risk management policies on this area of work. -
Conflict resolution, restorative justice approaches and bullying in young people's residential units
Littlechild, B. (2010)Restorative justice has been an increasing feature in the discourses within adult and youth justice criminal justice systems in recent years. This article examines interpersonal conflicts arising from crime, bullying and ... -
Restorative justice, mediation and relational conflict resolution in work with young people in residential care
Littlechild, B. (2009)Conflict resolution approaches such as restorative justice and mediation are becoming increasingly important in policy and practice in work with children and young people, be this in relation to work with separating parents ... -
Risk assessment in mental health : staff attitudes and an estimate of time cost
Hawley, C.; Gale, T.M.; Sivakumaran, T.; Littlechild, B. (2010)Background : Risk assessment is a routine part of mental health services, with professionals being required to complete a risk assessment proforma (RAP) for every patient under their care. Aims : This study was designed ... -
Risk assessments for mental health service users : ethical, valid and reliable?
Littlechild, B. (2010)Summary: This article considers the nature and basis of risk assessments in mental health services, based on empirical research on the tools used within NHS Mental Health Trusts in England which found a wide variety of ... -
The Stresses Arising from Violence, Threats and Aggression Against Child Protection Social Workers
Littlechild, B. (2005)This article examines the effects of violence against child protection social workers from service users in England and Finland. Proposals from analysis of research findings for improved policies and practice in agencies ... -
Structure and content of risk assessment proformas in mental healthcare
Hawley, C.; Littlechild, B.; Sivakumaran, T.; Sender, H.; Gale, T.M.; Wilson, K.J. (2006)The NSF specifies that mental health service providers should have a locally agreed proforma for assessing risk. Risk assessment proformas (RAPs) currently in use vary considerably in both structure and content. This study ... -
Working with aggressive and violent parents in Child Protection social work
Littlechild, B. (2003)