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Going Missing: Young People Absent From Care
Jim Wade
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Description for Going Missing: Young People Absent From Care
Paperback. Going Missing presents important findings from the first major study of young people who go missing from residential and foster homes. Series: Living Away from Home: Studies in Residential Care. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP2; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350.
Going Missing presents important findings from the first major study of young people who go missing from residential and foster homes. By exploring the diverse reasons why young people go missing and what happens when they do, the authors highlight the impact both of individual motivations and of residential and foster care contexts on the patterns associated with going missing. The authors address the serious risks that young people may encounter while missing, including the dangers associated with sleeping rough, offending, sexual exploitation, and substance misuse. The longer term implications of repeatedly going missing for the structure of young people ... Read more
Going Missing presents important findings from the first major study of young people who go missing from residential and foster homes. By exploring the diverse reasons why young people go missing and what happens when they do, the authors highlight the impact both of individual motivations and of residential and foster care contexts on the patterns associated with going missing. The authors address the serious risks that young people may encounter while missing, including the dangers associated with sleeping rough, offending, sexual exploitation, and substance misuse. The longer term implications of repeatedly going missing for the structure of young people ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Series
Living Away from Home: Studies in Residential Care
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780471984764
SKU
V9780471984764
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99-50
About Jim Wade
Jim Wade is the author of Going Missing: Young People Absent From Care, published by Wiley. Professor Nina Biehal is Research Director at the Social Policy Research Unit of the University of York. She is leads work on vulnerable children, children in care and young people. Previously a social worker, Nina has been involved in child welfare research ... Read more
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