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Research
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| Intro
| The Issues | The
Campaign | Our Experience | Case
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“Nobody cared
except The Children’s Society. They found me accommodation and
helped me get back on my feet.”
Sarah, teenage runaway |
Please see our latest
research.
As well as our pioneering practice with young runaways, The Children’s
Society is the leading research authority on young runaways in the
UK and has an ongoing programme of research in this area. Our publications
include:
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Child Runaways: Under
11s Running Away in the UK (2001), the first report to focus
on the particular needs of children who run away (or are forced from
home) before they are 11. Around a quarter of children who run away,
do so for the first time before they are 11, some are as young as
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Home Run: Families and Young Runaways
(2001) draws out lessons about the reasons children run away and critical
insight for those working with these children. |
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Working With Young Runaways: Learning
from Practice (2001) based on experience of projects run by The
Children’s Society and other charities.
It aims to provide guidance for managers with responsibility for developing
services for this group. |
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Still Running:
Children on the Streets in the UK (1999) our definitive research
on young runaways in the UK. 13,000 children are interviewed. We found
that 100,000 young people under 16 run from home every year. |
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One Way Street: Retrospectives on
Childhood Prostitution (1999) examines young people’s experiences
of being involved in prostitution in order to improve understanding
of their needs and provide information for agencies developing strategies
to help them. |
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Child Prostitution in Britain: Dilemmas
and Practical Responses (1997) draws together the diverse perspectives
of key professional groups and agencies working in this field as a
resource for professionals in this area. |
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The Game's Up: Redefining Child Prostitution
(1995) which, for the first time, publishes the number of children
cautioned and convicted for prostitution. |
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Running: The Risk Young People on
the Streets of Britain Today (1994) the first national research
on young runaways. It also exposes the fact that young people are
being cautioned for ‘offences relating to prostitution’
even though they are only children. |
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Hidden Truths: Young People's Experiences
of Running Away (1993) based on a survey of more than 1000 children
aged 14 -16, is packed with valuable information on this under-researched
area, and includes many important new findings about how and why young
people run away. |
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Young Runaways (1989) based
on our research and experience working with children. |
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What
you can do
Help make England a safer place for children who run away.
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