Children and Conflict

A Psychological Perspective

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ID23695519
AuthorsEd Cairns, Tara Cairns
Year1995
Pages97-113
Publication date1995-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeCHAPTER
VenueFacets of the Conflict in Northern Ireland (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/978-1-349-23829-3_7
OpenAlexW44280483
ISBN9781349238293
LanguageEN
Citations received8

The arrival of troops on the streets of Northern Ireland had the effect of placing local children firmly in the world’s spotlight. Twenty-five years later the words ‘Children in Northern Ireland’ can still conjure up the image of a very small child, stone in hand taking on the might of the British army on some dreary Belfast or Derry street. This image influenced what people thought in the early days of the ‘troubles’ would happen to children in Northern Ireland. And what they expected was that children in Northern Ireland, as a result of the strain of growing up against a background of continuous political violence, would become shell-shocked zombies flooding the psychiatric hospitals, or amoral juvenile delinquents totally out of adult control. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

Art · Criminology · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · Irish · Northern ireland · Perspective (graphical) · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Visual arts · Gender Studies · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Health and Conflict Studies · History · Law · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology

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