ERIC Number: EJ209073
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1979-Mar
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The Adolescent Runaway: A National Problem.
Ritter, Bruce
USA Today, v107 n2406 p24-28 Mar 1979
The author discusses the problems of teenage runaways: abuse which forces many to leave home, violence and sexual exploitation, lack of help from the child welfare bureaucracy. He illustrates with descriptions of several youngsters at his Covenant House crisis center, Under Twenty-One, in New York City. (SJL)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Case Studies, Child Abuse, Child Welfare, Family Problems, Rehabilitation Centers, Runaways, Sexuality, Violence, Youth Problems
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New York (New York)
