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- Title
Street Children and Crime in the UK: A Case of Abuse and Neglect.
- Authors
Browne, Kevin; Falshaw, Louise
- Abstract
It is claimed that many incidences of children running away from home and residential care involve issues around violence, bullying and child abuse and neglect. Surveys show that between 14 and 20% of children run away from home for at least one night and that 2% run away 10 times or more from home or a care setting. The potential reasons for running away are discussed together with the increased possibility for further victimization, delinquency and criminal behaviour. Four ‘streetwork projects’ that provide information and support to young runaways in the UK are described and their limitations discussed. It is proposed that counselling should be a part of intervention with street children and that trained counsellors/psychotherapists should be available free to these young people with social and emotional difficulties outside the usual health/social service provision. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Subjects
CHILD abuse; INSTITUTIONAL care of children; CHILD care; CHILD psychology; COUNSELING; DOMESTIC violence
- Publication
Child Abuse Review, 1998, Vol 7, Issue 4, p241
- ISSN
0952-9136
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/(SICI)1099-0852(199807/08)7:4<241::AID-CAR501>3.0.CO;2-0