Runaway behavior among adolescents in residential care: The role of personal characteristics, victimization experiences while in care, social climate, and institutional factors

Shalhevet Attar-Schwartz

Children and Youth Services Review, 2013, vol. 35, issue 2, 258-267

Abstract: Existing research on runaway behavior among young people in care is severely limited, based mainly on small-scale samples, adult reports and administrative data. The research to date focuses mainly on children's characteristics and pre-care experiences rather than on placement-centered correlates. The present study examines the occurence and multilevel correlates of runaway behavior among Israeli Arab and Jewish adolescents aged 11 to 19 in residential care for at-risk children.

Keywords: Runaway; Residential care; Peer violence; Staff maltreatment; Gender; Ethnic affiliation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.11.005

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