Victims of Obtrusive Violence: Children and Adolescents in Kenya (SpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research)

Book info: Victims of Obtrusive Violence: Children and Adolescents in Kenya (SpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research) (Paperback, 139 pages) – Springer, 2015. Language: English.

This volume describes how children’s experience with violence may affect and endanger their education, as well as their physical safety and their general well-being. It includes all forms of physical , psychological and sexual abuse, and neglect against children at home, at school, and in public spaces in two different areas of Kenya (rural and urban), while taking into account its environmental and cultural factors. This volume is unique, not only because of its focus on a less researched yet highly acute social problem but also because it provides inside knowledge by giving the children a voice through their direct participation in the data collection.