Arguments and door-slamming are par for the course when adolescents begin to assert their independence from parents. But in some families, conflict becomes much more serious and dangerous.
Adolescent-to-parent violence (APV) – where young people use threats, intimidation and even physical assault - is not a new phenomenon. However, in the past few years awareness of the problem has grown, prompting the publication of government guidance for professionals last year.
Until recently, there was scant evidence of the scale of the problem. An Oxford University study provided some of the first hard data in 2014.
Figures are hard to come by because this type of violence is not identified as a specific category for monitoring purposes. Oxford's Adolescent to Parent Violence project, led by associate professor of criminology Rachel Condry, involved trawling through Metropolitan Police files to find incidents where parents called out police.
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