Violence in residential child care : a review of a symposium on practitioner experiences

Throughout the history of residential child care (RCC), concerns about violence perpetrated against children who are looked after away from home have been persistent. These include the misuse of restraint, as punishment or to force compliance. Currently, proposed solutions to restraint reduction encompass increased regulation, training, and monitoring of workers in RCC. However, this neglects the reality that children sometimes exhibit violent and aggressive behaviour that necessitates restraint