This image is just one featured in an exhibition by young artists at the Tate Modern that has been organised by Kids Company, a charity that works with vulnerable children.
Launched last November, the exhibition aims to show the reality behind the myth of the "feral" child, shifting the blame away from children and towards society. "Children are not born criminals. If they turn to crime there are usually very good reasons," says Camila Batmanghelidjh, founder and director of the charity. "We did the exhibition because I was so fed up of children being criminalised."
The exhibition has helped to throw open the debate, attracting up to 500 visitors a day and sympathetic features in broadsheets including the Financial Times and The Guardian.
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