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Montgomery, Heather (2024). Familiar Violence: A History of Child Abuse. Cambridge: Polity Press.

Cooper, Victoria L.; Montgomery, Heather and Sheehy, Kieron (2018). Parenting the First Twelve Years: What the Evidence Tells Us. Pelican.

Montgomery, Heather (2008). An introduction to childhood: Anthropological perspectives on children's lives. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.

Woodhead, Martin and Montgomery, Heather (2002). Understanding childhood: an interdisciplinary approach. Wiley.

Montgomery, Heather (2001). Modern Babylon?: Prostituting children in Thailand. Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality, 2. Oxford, UK: Berghahn Books.

Montgomery, Heather and Robb, Martin eds. (2018). Children and young people’s worlds (2nd edition). Policy Press.

Wells, Karen; Burman, Erica; Montgomery, Heather and Watson, Alison eds. (2014). Childhood, Youth and Violence in Global Contexts: Researchers and Practitioners in Dialogue. Studies in Childhood and Youth. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Brockliss, Laurence and Montgomery, Heather eds. (2010). Childhood and Violence in the Western Tradition. Society for the Study of Childhood in the Past Monograph series, 1. Oxford, UK: Oxbow Books.

Montgomery, Heather and Watson, Nicola eds. (2009). Children's literature: Classic texts and contemporary trends. Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Montgomery, Heather and Kellett, Mary eds. (2009). Children and young people’s worlds: Developing frameworks for integrated practice. Bristol, UK: Policy Press.

Montgomery, Heather; Burr, Rachel and Woodhead, Martin eds. (2003). Changing childhoods: global and local. John Wiley.

Montgomery, Heather (2023). Owning our mistakes: Confessions of an unethical researcher. In: Richards, Sarah and Coombs, Sarah eds. Critical Perspectives on Research with Children Reflexivity, Methodology, and Researcher Identity. Sociology of Children and Families. Bristol: Bristol University Press, pp. 157–171.

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Cooper, Victoria; Montgomery, Heather and Tatlow-Golden, Mimi (2023). Adolescents, teenagers, and youth: A time of change. In: Cooper, Victoria and Tatlow-Golden, Mimi eds. An Introduction to Childhood and Youth Studies and Psychology. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, pp. 200–217.

Montgomery, Heather (2023). What is Childhood and Youth Studies? In: Cooper, Victoria and Tatlow-Golden, Mimi eds. An Introduction to Childhood and Youth Studies and Psychology. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, pp. 10–23.

Twum-Danso Imoh, Afua and Montgomery, Heather (2023). Global childhoods. In: Cooper, Victoria and Tatlow-Golden, Mimi eds. An Introduction to Childhood and Youth Studies and Psychology. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, pp. 154–169.

Montgomery, Heather (2022). Anthropological Perspectives on Social Development. In: Smith, Peter K. and Hart, Craig H. eds. The Wiley‐Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Social Development. Third Edition. Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 135–149.

Montgomery, Heather (2022). Children’s Rights and Child Prostitution: Critical Reflections on Thailand in the 1990s and Beyond. In: Howard, Neil and Okyere, Samuel eds. International Child Protection Towards Politics and Participation. Palgrave Studies on Children and Development. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, pp. 147–165.

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Montgomery, Heather and Cooper, Victoria (2019). 'I blame the parents': families, experts and the state. In: Robb, Martin; Montgomery, Heather and Thompson, Rachel eds. Critical Practice with Children and Young People, 2nd Edn. Bristol: Policy Press, pp. 75–90.

Montgomery, Heather and Tatlow-Golden, Mimi (2018). Reconciling Childhood and Youth Studies and developmental psychology. In: Montgomery, Heather and Robb, Martin eds. Children and young people's worlds. Bristol: Policy Press, pp. 7–24.

Montgomery, Heather (2018). Children’s rights and cultural relativism. In: Montgomery, Heather and Robb, Martin eds. Children and young people’s worlds. Bristol: Policy Press, pp. 57–72.

Montgomery, Heather (2018). Inequality and the social and cultural capital of childhood and youth. In: Montgomery, Heather and Robb, Martin eds. Children and young people’s worlds. Bristol: Policy Press, pp. 73–88.

Kehily, Mary Jane and Montgomery, Heather (2018). Children’s and young people’s cultures. In: Montgomery, Heather and Robb, Martin eds. Children and young people’s worlds. Bristol: Policy Press, pp. 25–40.

Montgomery, Heather (2018). Children and Sex Tourism: The Case of Thailand. In: Gmelch, Sharon and Kaul, Adam eds. Tourists and Tourism: A Reader. Waveland Press, pp. 281–293.

Montgomery, Heather (2016). Anthropological Perspectives on Children’s Rights. In: Ruck, Martin D.; Peterson-Badali, Michele and Freeman, Michael eds. Handbook of Children’s Rights: Global and Multidisciplinary Perspectives. Taylor & Francis, pp. 97–113.

Montgomery, Heather (2016). Understanding the indefensible: reflections on fieldwork with child prostitutes in Thailand. In: Allerton, Catherine ed. Children: Ethnographic Encounters. London: Bloomsbury, pp. 141–154.

Montgomery, Heather (2016). The Rise of Childhood Studies. In: Montgomery, Heather ed. Childhood Studies. Routledge, pp. 1–17.

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Montgomery, Heather (2015). Anthropological approaches to childhood. In: Kehily, Mary Jane ed. Introduction to Childhood Studies (Third Edition). Maidenhead: Open University Press, p. 83.

Montgomery, Heather (2015). Prostitution (child). In: Whelehan, Patricia and Bolin, Anne eds. The International Encyclopedia of Human Sexuality. Wiley-Blackwell.

Montgomery, Heather (2015). The Dynamics of Culture. In: Waterhouse, Lorraine and McGhee, Janice eds. Challenging Child Protection: New Directions in Safeguarding Children. Research Highlights in Social Work. London: Jessica Kingsley, pp. 34–41.

Montgomery, Heather (2014). Participant observation. In: Clark, Alison; Flewitt, Rosie; Hammersley, Martyn and Robb, Martin eds. Understanding Research with Children and Young People. Published in association with The Open University. Sage, pp. 122–135.

Cornock, Marc and Montgomery, Heather (2014). Children’s rights since Margaret Thatcher. In: Wagg, Stephen and Pilcher, Jane eds. Thatcher’s Grandchildren. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 160–178.

Montgomery, Heather (2012). Prevailing voices in debates over child prostitution. In: Dewey, Susan and Kelly, Patty eds. Prevailing voices in debates over child prostitution. New York: New York University Press, pp. 146–159.

Montgomery, Heather (2012). ¿Qué es un niño? La visón desde la antropología. In: Walzer, Alejandra ed. Qué es un niño hoy: Reflexiones sobre el cambio. Salamanca: Comunicación Social, pp. 43–70.

Montgomery, Heather (2011). What is a child? What is childhood? In: Liebel, Manfred and Lutz, Ronald eds. Sozialarbeit des Südens: Kindheiten und Kinderrechte, Volume 3. Oldenberg: Paulo Freire Verlag.

Montgomery, Heather (2010). Child Sex Tourism: Is extra-territorial legislation the answer? In: Botterill, David and Jones, Trevor eds. Tourism and Crime: Key Themes. Oxford, U.K.: Goodfellow Publishing.

Montgomery, Heather (2010). The rights of the child: Rightfully mine! In: Kassem, Derek; Murphy, Lisa and Taylor, Elizabeth eds. Key Issues in Childhood and Youth Studies. London: Routledge, pp. 149–158.

Montgomery, Heather (2010). Learning gender roles. In: Lancy, David F.; Bock, John and Gaskins, Suzanne eds. The Anthropology of Learning in Childhood. Lanham: Alta-Mira Press, pp. 287–308.

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Montgomery, Heather (2010). Introduction: Childhood and violence in the Western tradition. In: Brockliss, Laurence and Montgomery, Heather eds. Children, violence and the western tradition. Childhood in Archaeology Monograph (1). Oxford, U.K.: Oxbow Books.

Montgomery, Heather (2010). Unwanted children and adoption in England. In: Brockliss, Laurence and Montgomery, Heather eds. Childhood and Violence in the Western Tradition. Childhood in Archaeology Monograph (1). Oxford, U.K.: Oxbow Books.

Montgomery, Heather (2009). Childhood. In: Barnard, Alan and Spencer, Jonathan eds. Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology. London, UK: Routledge.

Montgomery, Heather (2009). The purposes of children's literature. In: Maybin, Janet and Watson, Nicola J. eds. Children's Literature: Approaches and Territories. London: Palgrave Macmillan.

Montgomery, Heather (2009). Children and families in an international context. In: Montgomery, Heather and Kellett, Mary eds. Children and Young People's Worlds: Developing Frameworks for Integrated Practice. Bristol: Policy Press, pp. 77–89.

Montgomery, Heather (2009). Children, young people and poverty. In: Montgomery, Heather and Kellett, Mary eds. Children and Young People's Worlds: Developing Frameworks for Integrated Practice. Bristol: Policy Press, pp. 165–180.

Montgomery, Heather (2009). What constitutes transgressive sex? The case of child prostitution in Thailand. In: Donnan, Hastings and Magowan, Fiona eds. Transgressive Sex: Subversion and Control in Erotic Encounters. Volume 13, Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality. Oxford, UK: Berghahn, pp. 191–210.

Kehily, M and Montgomery, H (2008). Innocence and experience revisited. In: Kehily, M ed. An Introduction to Childhood Studies, 2nd Edition. Maidenhead: The Open University Press.

Montgomery, Heather (2007). Child sexual abuse: an Anthropological perspective. In: Rousseau, George ed. Children and Sexuality: The Greeks to the Great War. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 319–347.

Montgomery, Heather (2007). Participation. In: Robb, Martin ed. Youth in Context: Frameworks, Settings and Encounters. UK: Sage, pp. 89–120.

Montgomery, Heather (2007). A comparative perspective. In: Kehily, Mary Jane ed. Understanding Youth: Perspectives, Identities and Practices. London: Sage/Open University, pp. 45–72.

Montgomery, Heather (2007). Moving. In: Kehily, Mary Jane ed. Understanding Youth: Perspectives, Identities and Practices. London: Sage.

Montgomery, Heather (2007). Child sexual abuse: The view from anthropology. In: Rousseau, George ed. Children and Sexuality: The Greeks to the Great War. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Montgomery, Heather (2006). Child prostitution. In: Hope Ditmore, Melissa ed. Encyclopedia of Prostitution and Sex Work. Greenwood Press.

Kehily, Mary and Montgomery, Heather (2004). Innocence and experience: a historical approach to childhood and sexuality. In: Kehily, Mary Jane ed. An Introduction to childhood studies. UK: Open University Press/McGraw-Hill, pp. 57–74.

Montgomery, Heather (2003). Children and violence. In: Montgomery, Heather; Burr, Rachel and Woodhead, Martin eds. Changing Childhoods: Local and Global. Chichester: Wiley.

Montgomery, Heather (2003). Intervening in children's lives. In: Montgomery, Heather; Burr, Rachel and Woodhead, Martin eds. Changing Childhoods: Local and Global. Chichester: Wiley.

Montgomery, Heather and Burr, Rachel (2003). Children, poverty and social inequality. In: Montgomery, Heather; Burr, Rachel and Woodhead, Martin eds. Changing Childhoods: Local and Global. Chichester: Wiley.

Burr, Rachel and Montgomery, Heather (2003). Family, kinship and beyond. In: Maybin, Janet and Woodhead, Martin eds. Childhoods in Context. Chichester: Wiley.

Montgomery, Heather (2003). Childhood in time and place. In: Woodhead, Martin and Montgomery, Heather eds. Understanding Childhood: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Childhood (1). Chichester: John Wiley, pp. 45–74.

Woodhead, Martin; Montgomery, Heather and Burr, Rachel (2003). Adversities and resilience. In: Montgomery, Heather; Burr, Rachel and Woodhead, Martin eds. Changing Childhoods: local and global. Childhood (4). Chichester: John Wiley, pp. 1–34.

Burr, Rachel and Montgomery, Heather (2002). Children and rights. In: Woodhead, Martin and Montgomery, Heather eds. Understanding Childhood: an Interdisciplinary Approach. Chichester: Wiley.

Kehily, Mary and Montgomery, Heather (2002). Innocence and experience. In: Woodhead, Martin and Montgomery, Heather eds. Understanding Childhood: an Interdisciplinary Approach. Chichester: Wiley.

Montgomery, Heather (2001). Imposing rights?: A case study of child prostitution in Thailand. In: Cowan, Jane K.; Dembour, Marie-Benedicte and Wilson, Richard A. eds. Culture and rights: anthropological perspectives. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, pp. 80–101.

Montgomery, Heather (2001). Child sex tourism in Thailand. In: Harrison, D. ed. Tourism and the less developed countries: issues and case studies. Wallingford, UK: CABI Publishing.

Montgomery, Heather (2001). Motherhood, fertility and ambivalence among young prostitutes in Thailand. In: Tremayne, Soraya ed. Managing Reproductive Life: Cross Cultural Themes in Sexuality and Fertility. Oxford, UK: Berghahn, pp. 71–84.

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Montgomery, Heather (2001). Child Sex Tourists: Myths and Realities’. In: Harrison, David ed. Tourism and the Less Developed World. 2nd edition. UK: Oxford University Press, pp. 191–202.

Montgomery, Heather (2022). [Book review] Belittled citizens: The cultural politics of childhood on Bangkok’s margins, by Giuseppe Bolotta. Children & Society, 36(4) pp. 713–714.

Montgomery, Heather (2021). [Book review] Golden, Deborah; Erdreich, Lauren and Roberman, Sveta. Mothering, education and culture: Russian, Palestinian and Jewish middle‐class mothers in Israeli Society. Children & Society, 35(6) pp. 975–976.

Montgomery, Heather (2021). [Book review] Steinberg, Jonah. A garland of bones: child runaways in India. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 27(2) pp. 435–436.

Tatlow-Golden, Mimi and Montgomery, Heather (2021). Childhood Studies and child psychology: Disciplines in dialogue? Children & Society, 35(1) pp. 3–17.

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Montgomery, Heather (2018). [Book Review] Oscar Wilde and the Cultures of Childhood. Childhood in the Past, 11(2) pp. 130–132.

Kim, Chae-Young and Montgomery, Heather (2018). Rural children’s work and school education in the context of rapid economic growth in South Korea. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 38(1-2) pp. 165–178.

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Montgomery, Heather (2015). Understanding Child Prostitution in Thailand in the 1990s. Child Development Perspectives, 9(3) pp. 154–157.

Montgomery, Heather (2014). Child prostitution as filial duty? The morality of child-rearing in a slum community in Thailand. Journal of Moral Education, 43(2) pp. 169–182.

Montgomery, Heather and Cornock, Marc (2013). Children's bodies: the battleground for their rights? Journal of Commonwealth Law and Legal Education, 9(1) pp. 19–34.

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Montgomery, Heather (2011). Defining child trafficking & child prostitution: the case of Thailand. Seattle Journal for Social Justice, 9(2) pp. 775–811.

Montgomery, Heather (2011). Rumours of child trafficking after natural disasters: Fact, fiction or fantasy? Journal of Children and Media, 5(4) pp. 395–410.

Cornock, Marc and Montgomery, Heather (2011). Children’s rights in and out of the womb. The International Journal of Children's Rights, 9(1) pp. 3–19.

Montgomery, Heather (2010). Focusing on the child, not the prostitute: shifting the emphasis in accounts of child prostitution. Wagadu: A Journal of Transnational Women's and Gender Studies, 8 pp. 166–188.

Montgomery, Heather (2010). Re-socialising the child from potential enemy to protected innocent: the early fundraising of the Save the Children Fund. AmS-Skrifter, 23, pp. 137–144.

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Montgomery, Heather (2009). Children within anthropology: lessons from the past. Childhood in the Past: An International Journal, 2(1) pp. 3–14.

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Montgomery, Heather (2008). Are child prostitutes child workers? A case study. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 29(3/4) pp. 130–140.

Montgomery, Heather (2008). Buying Innocence: Child-sex tourists in Thailand. Third World Quarterly, 29(5) pp. 903–917.

Montgomery, Heather (2007). Working with child prostitutes in Thailand: problems of practice and interpretation. Childhood, 14(4) pp. 415–430.

Montgomery, Heather (2005). Gendered childhoods: a cross disciplinary overview. Gender and Education, 17(5) pp. 471–482.

Montgomery, Heather (2005). Discussion paper in response to 'Dangerous trade-offs: The behavioral ecology of child labor and prostitution in rural northern Thailand' by Lisa Rende Taylor. Current Anthropology, 46(3) pp. 426–427.

Montgomery, Heather; Evans, Roz and De Sas Kropiwnicki, Zosa (2005). Trafficking Women and Children: Overcoming the Illegal Sex Trade.