RT Article
T1 Child Criminal Exploitation and the Interactional Emergence of Victim Status
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 64
IS 5
SP 1011
OP 1027
A1 Marshall, Hannah
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1902447018
AB This article draws on observations and interviews with youth justice practitioners and young people involved in county lines drug dealing to explore the processes by which young people are identified as victims of child criminal exploitation (CCE). The findings reveal that interpersonal interactions between practitioners and young people, specifically young people’s capacity to share information and accept intended acts of care, are vital in producing their status as CCE victims. Yet, a lack of appreciation for young people’s divergent experiences of these interactions can create barriers to their realization. The article concludes by exploring the implications of these processes for contemporary youth justice practice, and by questioning the utility of CCE victim identification as a response to children experiencing harm.
K1 child criminal exploitation
K1 victim identification
K1 county lines
K1 Policing
K1 youth offending service
DO 10.1093/bjc/azae008