"Just being on the streets unsupervised makes kids vulnerable and there are people who target and exploit that, [Bob] Christmas said. The danger could be anything from an outright sexual predator to the lure of a party house or crack house."Most runaways return home or are found within 48 hours - but even this relatively brief time on the streets can be enough to get a teen into trouble. In an effort to reduce the number of teen runaways, Manitoba Province has begun enforcing the Child and Family Services Act, which allows police to charge someone who helps a child to run away from home, or who harbors a runaway. Source: Winnipeg Sun
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