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Child soldiers
1Behavioural and Brain Sciences Unit, Institute of Child Health, London, UK, email dskuse@ich.ucl.ac.uk.
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The recruitment of child soldiers has significantly increased globally. This research focuses on understanding the problem
Area of Science:
- Childhood studies
- Conflict analysis
- Rehabilitation sciences
Background:
- Child soldier recruitment has risen substantially over the last two decades.
- Children are exploited as combatants, spies, laborers, and sex slaves.
- Existing research highlights the urgent need to address this global issue.
Purpose of the Study:
- To identify the full extent of the child soldier problem.
- To evaluate effective rehabilitation strategies for former child soldiers.
- To inform interventions aimed at societal reintegration.
Main Methods:
- Review of recent research on child soldier prevalence.
- Analysis of studies on rehabilitation programs.
- Synthesis of findings on successful reintegration approaches.
Main Results:
- Substantial increase in child soldier recruitment over 20 years.
- Focus on identifying the scale of the problem.
- Exploration of effective rehabilitation methods.
Conclusions:
- Urgent need for continued research into child soldiering.
- Effective rehabilitation is crucial for societal reintegration.
- Interdisciplinary approaches are necessary to combat this issue.
Abstract:
Over the past 20 years the number of children recruited into armed conflict, as combatants, spies, labourers and sex slaves, has increased substantially (Wessells, 2009). In this issue, we focus on the research that has been done in recent years to identify the extent of this problem and, in particular, the efforts that are being made to discover the most effective ways of rehabilitating former child soldiers into society.
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