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RUNAWAYS: JURISDICTION, DYNAMICS, AND TREATMENT
Author(s) -
Morgan Oliver J.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.1982.tb01429.x
Subject(s) - jurisdiction , loyalty , dynamics (music) , psychology , criminology , social psychology , sociology , law , public relations , political science , pedagogy
New research indicates more clearly than ever that running away from home is indeed a family affair. Understood as such, the implications for society's jurisdictional response and for effective treatment planning are deep and far‐reaching. The “status offender” legal jurisdiction over runaways needs to be changed and new alternatives for dealing with runaways and their families developed. The planning and implementation of these alternatives need to be informed with the perspectives of a family therapeutic approach sensitive to the intergenerational forces of loyalty, legacy, and trust operating within families.