The Problem with Early Intervention
A special issue of Societies (ISSN 2075-4698).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 September 2020) | Viewed by 254
Special Issue Editor
Interests: The political and therapeutic way in which crime and the issue of antisocial behaviour have developed in the UK. In particular the way in which "vulnerability" and the construction of it have impacted upon crime and society.
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Since George Bush (senior) designated the 1990s as the decade of the brain, there has been a pronounced increase in the belief that children need “early intervention” to protect them (and their brain) from harm. Incorporating neuroscientific claims about infant brain development, what some have called “neurobollocks”, the call for early intervention (EI) has escalated in many Western countries, with a gamut of social and personal problems being seen as resolvable if professionals and experts can “get in early”. The extent to which early intervention has become a government priority in the UK, for example, is such that EI has become one of, and arguably the most, important new social policy interventions of the twenty-first century. However, there has been a growing number of critics within academia that question not only the claims of early intervention advocates but also the politics, the philosophy (or lack thereof), and indeed the social scientific merit of claims made within the early intervention “industry”. This journal will explore the myths and meaning of early intervention, attempt to understand its essence and development, and highlight some of the dangers of this silver bullet. Please also note that we will only accept the contribution of articles, reviews, and concept papers.
Dr. Stuart Waiton
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- infant brain
- risk
- parenting
- determinism
- poverty
- child protection
- safeguarding
- child welfare
- prevention
- protection
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