Child Street Life [electronic resource] : An Inside View of Hazards and Expectations of Street Children in Peru /
Lieten, G.K.author.
Strehl, Talinay.author.
This brief studies the phenomenon of street children in two cities in Peru. It looks at some of the conceptual issues and, after analysing why children are in the street and what behaviour and which aspirations they exhibit, deals with the policy issues and lessons to be learned. This brief investigates when and why the transition from children on the street (street-working children) to children of the street (street living children) takes place and elucidates how they survive. It explains the fluidity and the risks involved in any type of child street life.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references.
List of Tables -- 1 Victims and agency -- 2 Research and overview -- 3 Landing in the streets: a multiplicity of factors -- 4 Settling down in the street -- 5 Street child interventions and policies -- Conclusions and recommendations -- References.
This brief studies the phenomenon of street children in two cities in Peru. It looks at some of the conceptual issues and, after analysing why children are in the street and what behaviour and which aspirations they exhibit, deals with the policy issues and lessons to be learned. This brief investigates when and why the transition from children on the street (street-working children) to children of the street (street living children) takes place and elucidates how they survive. It explains the fluidity and the risks involved in any type of child street life.
Childhood.
Adolescence.
Human rights.
Quality of life.
Childhood, Adolescence and Society.
Human Rights.
Quality of Life Research.