A behavioral response manifested by leaving home in order to escape from threatening situations. Children or adolescents leaving home without permission is usually implied.
    

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A young sailor has returned to his aged parents after running away to sea. Engraving by Lumb Stocks after Joseph Clark.

A prostitute approaches a man in a car; advertisement by the State of California AIDS Education Campaign. Lithograph.

Radical visibility : a trans teen's story. Fundraiser issue.

Get lost! : a guide to running away for adults / by Jacq Applebee.

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A prostitute approaches a man in a car; advertisement by the State of California AIDS Education Campaign. Lithograph.

Radical visibility : a trans teen's story. Fundraiser issue.

Get lost! : a guide to running away for adults / by Jacq Applebee.

A young sailor has returned to his aged parents after running away to sea. Engraving by Lumb Stocks after Joseph Clark.