Why youth run: Assessing run function to stabilize foster care placement

Crosland, Kimberly; Joseph, Ruby; Slattery, Lindsey; Hodges, Sharon; Dunlap, Glen

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.12.002

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“…This includes information that can be deduced from social media activities and networks of friends, as well as information coming from open data sources, such as the transportation infrastructure, road networks, or land use, which may enrich the information available and improve predictive capabilities regarding the whereabouts of the missing child (Ledoux and Van Oosterom 2013;Yuan, Zheng, and Xie 2012), resulting in an informed behavioural and activity profile of the child. According to current literature and practices (Crosland et al 2018;Johnson, Rew, and Kouzekanani 2006;Payne 1995), the common approaches to profiling for a missing person are mostly analyses of the person's personal data and psychosocial characteristics by domain experts. The conclusions are drawn from testimonials and interviews and are of a qualitative nature.…”

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A Collective Awareness Platform for Missing Children Investigation and Rescue

2020

Proceedings of the International Conferences on ICT, Society and Human Beings (ICT 2020), Connected Smart Cities (CSC 2020) An

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The plight of missing children is particularly strenuous and sensitive for society at local, national and European levels, cutting across class, race, and age. A quarter million cases of missing children is reported in the EU annually, which are either parental abductions, stranger abductions, runaways, missing unaccompanied migrant minors, and generally lost, injured, or otherwise missing children. The problem of missing children is a complex, multi-faceted phenomenon, comprising legal, psychological and sociological aspects, which are complicated further due to the strong emotions from the close environment of the missing child. This paper presents the challenges missing children investigation and rescue currently faces, and proposes a solution that uses ICT, advanced analytics and collective intelligence, to achieve more rapid and effective resolutions. The proposed methodology leverages the untapped potential of open, social, and linked data to augment the background information of missing children, through multi-layer -personal, psychological, social and activity -profiling and predictive analytics, respecting and protecting privacy, and personal data. Using location-based mobile notifications that spread using geo-fencing, citizens close to the place a missing child was last seen or is more probable to be found become "social sensors" for the investigation, contributing and validating potential pieces of evidence. Through the EU-funded project ChildRescue, the proposed solution is currently at the last phase of its development and aims to be adopted by different voluntary organisations, according to their needs and the readiness of their systems and processes. The project's results are now piloted in missing children cases by organisations responsible for the Amber Alert, and the 116 000 pan-European hotline, as well as unaccompanied minors' cases supported by the Hellenic Red Cross. The resulting collaboration platform and mobile applications will be publicly launched in 2020.

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Section: Challenges and Opportunitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Collective Awareness Platform for Missing Children Investigation and Rescue

2020

Proceedings of the International Conferences on ICT, Society and Human Beings (ICT 2020), Connected Smart Cities (CSC 2020) An

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“…While the numbers vary, most agree that more than one million children run away from home each year. Children in foster care are twice as likely to run away (Crosland, Joseph, Slattery, Hodges & Dunlap, 2018). Several studies also note that youth of color are more likely to run away from a foster home, although these youth numbers are somewhat skewed because youth of color are also overrepresented in the child welfare system.…”

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An Intersectional Feminist Perspective on LGBTQ Youth in Foster Care: Implications for Service Providers

Nourie

Harris²

2018

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LGBTQ children are overrepresented in the foster care system in the United States. These children are also at higher risk for homelessness and suicide. While there are some legal protections for this population, more research and advocacy are needed to help these young people thrive despite their situations. An intersectional feminist perspective on advocacy and queer theory could change the landscape of political activism and training for child welfare professionals. In this article, three activist approaches to training are discussed as ways to revolutionize advocacy and treatment of LGBTQ youth in child welfare. The authors propose 1) providing intersectional and feminist principles in child welfare diversity training modules, 2) including the exploration of self-identity in these trainings, and 3) developing a better understanding of how heteronormative bias and perceptions of deviance can be perpetuated.

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“…Absconding predicts further interactions with the justice system, with young people having a heightened risk of criminality whilst they are on the run (Bowden & Lambie, 2015;Courtney & Zinn, 2009;Crosland et al, 2018;Finkelstein et al, 2004;Lin, 2012;Sarri et al, 2016). Over one in five absconders carry out offending behaviour whilst on the run, with this leading to emotional, physical, and financial harm to the victims of this offending, on top of further justice consequences for the young person themselves (Biehal & Wade, 1999;Bowden et al, 2018).…”

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“…Absconding can cause significant disruption to any schooling, psychological treatment, or other activities the young person was undergoing (Bowden & Lambie, 2015;Crosland et al, 2018;English & English, 1999;Kim et al, 2013;Lin, 2012). This can be especially damaging, as young people in YJ residences are already a high-risk group reliant on adults for protection; and face difficulties such as traumatic histories, come from lower-class backgrounds, have impaired social and learning skills, lack of family support, and present with high levels of mental illness and impulsivity, when compared to young people not in YJ residences (Karnik & Steiner, 2007;Lount et al, 2017;Osgood et al, 2010;Zelechoski et al, 2013).…”

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“…Finkelstein et al (2004) found similar results when interviewing foster care youth on why they absconded. It appears to be both a motivation for absconding, and also provides an increase in opportunities to abscond, through allowing opportunities for planning to occur with other young people (Bowden, 2017;Crosland et al, 2018;Taylor et al, 2013). Boredom, therefore, should be included in the absconding risk assessment tool.…”

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Will You Run? The Development of a Risk Assessment Tool to Predict Absconding from Secure Youth Justice Residences

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<p>Absconding, or escaping, from usually state-based custody is a growing problem in different settings across the world, including New Zealand’s secure youth justice residences. This thesis provides an in-depth review of absconding from Oranga Tamariki’s secure youth justice residences in New Zealand, providing important insight that will be useful in preventing absconding in the future. A review of the international and New Zealand absconding literature was conducted looking at the risk and protective factors associated with absconding risk. From this, a coding framework of absconding related factors was developed, and then applied to historic absconding incident reports and interviews with Oranga Tamariki staff members. These were analysed to confirm potential absconding risk or protective factors and identify any new factors. Results fell into four key categories: individual (e.g. previous absconding history), relational (e.g. avoidance goals), contextual risk factors (e.g. significant life stressors), and protective factors (e.g. positive staff relationships). Several implications and conclusions were drawn from the findings. Absconding factors identified in international research were also present in the current research adding weight to these as potential risk and protective factors in a New Zealand context (Martin et al., 2018; Powers et al., 2018; Pyrooz, 2012). Novel absconding related factors were identified which were not found in the extant literature, such as planning indications, ringleaders, and hope. The reasons young people abscond are complex and individual, however, they abscond for reasons that make sense—often as a coping strategy—and thus are identifiable. By identifying these underlying reasons, it is possible to intervene and reduce their absconding motivations. A preliminary risk assessment tool aimed at doing this, was created for Oranga Tamariki use, incorporating factors drawn from the current research and the wider literature.</p>

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Why youth run: Assessing run function to stabilize foster care placement

Cited by 16 publications

References 19 publications

A Collective Awareness Platform for Missing Children Investigation and Rescue

A Collective Awareness Platform for Missing Children Investigation and Rescue

An Intersectional Feminist Perspective on LGBTQ Youth in Foster Care: Implications for Service Providers

Will You Run? The Development of a Risk Assessment Tool to Predict Absconding from Secure Youth Justice Residences

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