Children at risk in history

• Autores: Jeroen J.H. Dekker
• Localización: Paedagogica Historica: International journal of the history of education, ISSN 0030-9230, Vol. 45, Nº. 1-2, 2009 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Children and youth at risk / coord. por Christine Mayer, Ingrid Lohmann), págs. 17-36
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Looking at children at risk in history, one of the most striking changes over time is the relative and absolute growth of the number of at-risk children. Although this is not a linear development, the need for intervention and prevention in the 1 970s being much weaker than before and after that period, the long-term direction of history indeed seems to indicate growth. This is a paradox when looking at the social, economic and scientific development of the Western world. Although the ambition of diminishing the group of at-risk children continues until today, never before in history were more children being diagnosed as at risk.