Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Difficult to place children : key characteristics, challenges and opportunities / Susan Bailey -- Risk factors for serious and violent antisocial behaviour in children and youth / Friedrich Lösel and Doris Bender -- Children with sexually abusive behaviour : a special subgroup / Eileen Vizard -- Minors involved in murder and manslaughter : an exploration of the situation in the Netherlands / Paul Nieuwbeerta, Peter H. van der Laan -- The placement, care, and treatment of children and young people who commit serious acts of interpersonal violence or sexual offences / Ann Hagell and Patricia Moran -- Implications of different residential treatments for young people who commit serious crimes / Gwyneth Boswell -- 'Hard to place' children and young people : a commentary on past, present, and future approaches to care and treatment / Kevin J. Epps -- Challenges to meeting the needs of these children effectively : an overview of an international research study in Germany, Greece, England, and Wales / Ann Hagell -- Working with violent children in German youth services : results of a survey / Doris Bender and Friedrich Lösel -- Children who commit serious acts of interpersonal violence : a field study in Greece / Helen Agathonos, Vivi Tsibouka and Angeliki Skoubourdi -- Dealing with the children who are hardest to place : results of a survey of childcare agencies in England and Wales / Ann Hagell and Emily Hill.

This is an exploration of risk management and successful intervention for children in public care who have committed, or are at risk of committing, acts of serious violence. This work identifies different subgroups of children who are difficult to place, including those who sexually offend and those who murder.