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Peer reviewedle Roux, Johann; Smith, Cheryl Sylvia – Adolescence, 1998
The police, court officials, social workers, and the public in general perceive street children negatively: their behavior is deemed deviant. This paper examines the concept of deviance as a label placed on the powerless by those in positions of power. (Author)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Problems, Child Abuse
