The Handbook of Children, Culture, and Violence provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary examination of childhood violence that considers children as both consumers and perpetrators of violence, as well as victims of it. This Handbook is the first single volume to consider situations when children are responsible for violence, rather than focusing exclusively on occasions when they are victimized.

Introduction - Nancy E. DowdPrologue: Developmental Variations Among Children and Adolescents: An Overview of the Research and Policy Implications - Dorothy G. SingerPart I. Children as Victims1. Child Witnessing of Domestic Violence - Naomi Cahn2. Domestic Violence and Child Protection: Confronting the Dilemmas in Moving From Family Court to Dependency Court - Thomas D. Lyon and Mindy B. Mechanic3. Sexually Predatory Parents and the Children in Their Care: Remove the Threat, Not the Child - Robin Fretwell Wilson4. Exposure to Pornography as a Cause of Child Sexual Victimization - Diana E.H. Russell and Natalie Purcell5. Statutory Rape: An Empirical Examination of Claims of "Overreaction" - Ross E. Cheit and Laura Braslow6. Mitigating the Impact of Publicity on Child Crime Victims and Witnesses - Charles Putnam and David FinkelhorPart II. Children as Consumers of Violence7. The Violent Shadows of Children's Culture - John Cech8. A Preliminary Demography of Television Violence - Nancy Signorielli9. Protecting Children's Welfare in an Anxiety-Provoking Media Environment - Joanne Cantor10. The Impact of Violent Music on Youth - Barbara J. Wilson and Nicole Martins11. How Real Is the Problem of TV Violence? Research and Policy Perspectives - Dale Kunkel and Lara Zwarun12. Violent Video Games: Effects on Youth and Public Policy Implications - Douglas A. Gentile and Craig A. Anderson 13. Positive Features of Video Games - Laurie N. Taylor14. Children, Adolescents, and the Culture of Online Hate - Brendesha Tynes15. Constitutional Obstacles to Regulating Violence in the Media - Catherine J. RossPart III. Children as Perpetrators of Violence16. Peer Victimization: The Nature and Prevalence of Bullying Among Children and Youth - Susan P. Limber17. Bullying and Violence in American Schools - Ellen de Lara18. Judging Juvenile Responsibility: A Social Ecological Perspective - Mark R. Fondacaro and Lauren G. Fasig19. Adult Punishment for Juvenile Offenders: Does It Reduce Crime? - Richard E. Redding20. Psychopathy Assessment and Juvenile Justice Mental Health Evaluations - Matthew Owen Howard, Michael K. Dayton, Kirk A. Foster, Michael G. Vaughn and John L. Zelner21. Cleaning Up Toxic Violence: An EcoGenerist Paradigm - Barbara Bennett Woodhouse