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¶ … physical and sexual abuse on children. This is accomplished through critiquing the book Protecting Children from Violence and the ideas that are presented. Once this takes place, is when psychologists can use these tools in their practice setting to identify and address these issues. Over the last several decades, child development has been increasingly brought to the forefront.

Part of the reason for this, is because the incidents and events that are occurring during this part of an individual's life, will have an impact on who they will become in the future. A good example of this can be seen with a study that was conducted by the Center for Applied Studies in Education. They found, that the events and experiences of a child will have an impact upon the way they see the world around them.

This is because, they will instinctively teach themselves how to deal with a host of issues they could be facing later on in life. Once this occurs, it will have an effect upon the kinds of decisions that are made when they become an adult. This is significant because, it is illustrating how there are a host of: events, ideas and people that will shape how a child develops over the long-term. (Bradely, 2002, pp.

371 -- 399) In the book Protecting Children from Violence, Lampinen (2010) is discussing how: this is impacting children and possible strategies for dealing with a host of challenges. This is accomplished by taking various points-of-view into account and the long-term effects that they are having on child development. To fully understand how this is impacting their growth requires examining the different ideas that are discussed by the author and conducting an analysis of them.

Together, these elements will provide the greatest insights as to what factors are influencing the way a child will see the world around them. (Lampinen, 2010) Key Ideas of Protecting Children from Violence In the book, Lampinen is focused on a number of different provisions that can be used in conjunction with one another to understand a host of events that are impacting children. The most notable include: He is illustrating the long-term costs of physical and sexual abuse on society.

They are identifying relevant research to illustrate how public perceptions and policies are different on this issue. They are discussing how violence that is directed at children is a worldwide phenomenon. Lampinen is introducing strategies that can be utilized to reduce the levels of violence against children. He is examining possible intervention strategies that can be used in preventing violence that is targeted at children. These elements are important, because they are providing a basic foundation of the key ideas that the author is discussing throughout the book.

Once this occurs, is when they can help psychologists to have a variety of tools in dealing with these situations. (Lampinen, 2010) To provide further explanation about core concepts Lampinen is studying different aspects of the problem to include: the history, best practices and changes. As far as history is concerned, Lampinen is focused on providing readers with a background about how children are constantly the target of physical and sexual violence. This is because they are the most vulnerable to the actions of other adults around them.

As they do not know how to deal with a host of events and situations, which makes them the susceptible to added levels of intimidation. Over the course of time, a variety of adults have been using this weakness to force the child to engage in actions that are considered to be abusive. (Lampinen, 2010) Next, Lampinen is discussing what children are most susceptible to violence.

As, he found that are certain groups that have higher levels of violence to include: minorities, individuals from lower social economic backgrounds, families who are abusing controlled substances and someone who is exposed to these incidents at an early age. Once this occurs, is when the author is discussing how there are differences in public perceptions and polices. As, most people will immediately assume that there are laws designed to protect society.

Yet, in reality the underlying amounts of abuse continue to remain high with over 200 million cases reported each year. This is important; because it is showing how the author is highlighting the way abuse related cases are continuing to remain a lingering problem on a regular basis. (Lampinen, 2010) The best practices are when Lampinen is carefully examining specific strategies that can be used to prevent violence targeted against children. For example, there is a discussion of how the receiver operating characteristics model can focus on key attributes.

That will help to identify certain attributes, which could make the child a target of abuse. This is important, because these ideas are assisting everyone in understanding how they are playing a role during the process. Once this occurs, is when they can be used as a part of a practice setting in preventing abuse. This is the point that the mental health professional can begin having a positive impact on the underlying quality of care that they are receiving.

(Lampinen, 2010) The changes in technology have meant that the public and law enforcement has better tools they can use for dealing with these issues. A few of the most notable include: the use the Internet to catch / monitor sex offenders and the way it is utilized to commit these kinds of crimes. This is because, the web allows perpetrators to: anonymously reach out to these children and entice them to become involved in activities physically or sexually abusive.

Once this occurs, it means that communities are facing increasing amounts of danger associated with these problems. As a result, law enforcement is encouraging parents to monitor the activities of their children when they are online. At the same time, there are various databases that are designed to report to parents if.