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Kim, Min Jung; Tajima, Emiko A.; Herrenkohl, Todd I.; Huang, Bu – Social Work Research, 2009
This article examines whether running away from home mediates the link between child maltreatment and later delinquency and victimization in adolescence. Specifically, the authors tested the hypothesis that childhood physical and psychological abuse increase the risk of a child's running away from home by the time of adolescence. Running away from…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Delinquency, Child Abuse, Victims of Crime
O'Brien, John, Ed.; And Others – 1990
This monograph presents excerpts from discussions with participants in the Pennsylvania Developmental Disabilities Planning Council 1990 retreat, which focused on the creation of effective safeguards for people with developmental disabilities. The discussions note: the increased vulnerability of such people to neglect, abuse, and mistreatment; the…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Child Abuse, Child Advocacy, Child Neglect