 Child Criminal Exploitation and the Interactional Emergence of Victim StatusHannah Marshall The British Journal of Criminology, 2024, vol. 64, issue 5, 1011-1027 Abstract: This article draws on observations and interviews with youth justice practitioners and young people involved in county lines drug dealing to explore the processes by which young people are identified as victims of child criminal exploitation (CCE). The findings reveal that interpersonal interactions between practitioners and young people, specifically young people’s capacity to share information and accept intended acts of care, are vital in producing their status as CCE victims. Yet, a lack of appreciation for young people’s divergent experiences of these interactions can create barriers to their realization. The article concludes by exploring the implications of these processes for contemporary youth justice practice, and by questioning the utility of CCE victim identification as a response to children experiencing harm. Keywords: child criminal exploitation; victim identification; county lines; policing; youth offending service (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:oup:crimin:v:64:y:2024:i:5:p:1011-1027. Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article The British Journal of Criminology is currently edited by Eamonn Carrabine More articles in The British Journal of Criminology from Centre for Crime and Justice Studies Oxford University Press, Great Clarendon Street, Oxford OX2 6DP, UK. |
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