With no direction home : homeless youth on the road and in the streets

Author(s)

• Finkelstein, Marni

Bibliographic Information

With no direction home : homeless youth on the road and in the streets

Marni Finkelstein

（Case studies on contemporary social issues / John A. Young, series editor）

Thomson/Wadsworth, c2005

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 138-144) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Do you know what it's really like to be a young homeless person? WITH NO DIRECTION HOME: HOMELESS YOUTH ON THE ROAD AND IN THE STREETS takes you into their world, their living conditions, and their street experiences. Plus, it takes a hard look at fictive kin experiences and drug addiction. Learn how to move from compassion to rapport with this incredible ethnography textbook.

Table of Contents

Preface. 1. Who Are Street Kids. 2. Meeting the Street Kids. 3. Leaving Home. 4. Socialization to the Streets and the Formation of Peer Networks. 5. Going on the Road. 6. Subsistance. 7. Substance Use and Abuse. 8. Victimization and Violence. 9. Leaving the Streets. 10. Summary and Conclusions.

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Details

• NCID: BA91905362
• ISBN:
  • 9780534626495
• LCCN: 2003116255
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Belmont, CA
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 147 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HV1437.N5
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Street youth -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies
  • LCSH : Homeless youth -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA68438186