Abstract
Despite increasing evidence on the exploitation of young people into criminal activity, their perspectives on and experiences of exploitative processes are not well understood. Despite progress in Great Britain with regard to ‘County Lines’ exploitation, and in the Republic of Ireland regarding youth criminality and grooming, the subjective accounts of how young people understand the phenomenon of child criminal exploitation (CCE) remain under-evaluated. This exploratory study captures the perspectives of Irish youth on CCE and draws on the theory of social capital to explore the social structures that enable CCE and the (limited) choices available to the young people.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 266-284 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | Crime Prevention and Community Safety: An International Journal |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Early online date | 13 Aug 2024 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Sept 2024 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© The Author(s) 2024.
Keywords
- Child Criminal Exploitation
- Crime
- Violence
- prevention
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Sociology and Political Science
- Safety Research
- Law
Access to Document
- ‘It’s a group-on-one’: social disconnection as a tool of and defence against child criminal exploitation in the Republic of Ireland
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