@article{ref1,
title="Peer violence in adolescent residential care: a qualitative examination of contextual and peer factors",
journal="Children and youth services review",
year="2013",
author="Sekol, Ivana",
volume="35",
number="12",
pages="1901-1912",
abstract="This research examined the way contextual and peer factors influence peer violence in adolescent residential care. One hundred and twenty residents aged 11-21 from 20 residential care facilities participated in 20 focus groups about peer violence in care. The results demonstrated that four, mutually interrelated themes, contributed to explanations of violence amongst residents: 1) residential peer culture; 2) vulnerability at the beginning of institutionalization; 3) deprivation, stigmatization and frustration; and 4) poor relationship with staff. The results are discussed with reference to the existing residential care and prison-based research on bullying and peer violence and a number of research and policy recommendations are provided.<p />",
language="en",
issn="0190-7409",
doi="10.1016/j.childyouth.2013.09.006",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2013.09.006"
}