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This exploratory study looks at how teenager who stay out overnight spend their time after midnight. The subjects of the study are between 10 and 18 years old and have repeatedly stayed away from home overnight. The major objectives of this study are to understand why these teenagers stay away from home at night, what they do at night, the potential dangers they face, and in the light of these findings, to explore the implications for services and policy options. Result of the findings reveal that concept of "runaways" should be replaced by "Stop-out Syndrome" since young people are not runaways as such as they are still in contact with their homes via pagers. It also discovers that the stop-out syndrome reflects tension in family relationship, and the inadequacy of existing reaching-out and proactive services in responding to the needs of these teenagers.
Youth Study
Series No.8
