Wyness (2006, p. 94) looks at both the national level and the global level of childhood to identify whether he thinks childhood in in crisis. At a global level childhood could be seen to be in crisis. Wyness (2006, p 78) discovers a key theme which could be linked to childhood being in crisis. This is the idea of children being abandoned on the streets to fend for themselves. In developed countries these children are seen to be troubled and unwanted by society, but in developing countries they are seen to be there through extreme poverty often caused by natural disasters or wars. Corsaro (1997 cited in Wyness 2006, p 79) believed child poverty would lead to those children entering ‘dangerous adult territory’, which could involve gangs, drug …show more content…
There are some risks children will become faced with, but it does not mean childhood is in crisis as these risks have limited impact to childhood today. (Kehily, 2010) states the protection of children is an ongoing problem to arise. This is linked to the case of Victoria Climbie, who was repeatedly abused in her own home and the authorities were unable to see this. To try and prevent this type of abuse and neglect from happening the government have formed a green paper called ‘Every Child Matters’ which was released in 2004. This was put into place to try and improve the care of children in the UK. (Moran-Ellis, 2010) also stated some other risks which are exposed to children today. One of these was the risk posed by paedophiles. She believed the evidence was from the use of the internet. Children have regular access to technology and the internet in modern society. In a result of this the ‘child exploitation online protection centre’ was set up in 2006 to make awareness of the risks children pose when roaming the internet. Another risk found in (Moran-Ellis, 2010) was the fact that children within the UK are still today living in poverty. The government have begun a programme called ‘sure start’, which raises the number of children the government are monitoring with regards to child …show more content…
5-6) looks at Ulrich Beck a well-known sociologist that contributed the idea of risk in a concept called the ‘risk society’. He started off looking at ‘manufactured risks’ which resulted in many changes, especially to the social structure. He looks at the idea of micro and macro levels in society, with the conclusion that things at a macro level (global warming) can affect things at a more micro level (locally farming). Beck considers the modern world of society and how thing affect each other. Beck’s concept of ‘risk society’ has been used widely in many different disciplines including sociology, therefore it would be relevant in assessing the risk within childhood, and whether these risks amount to childhood being in