num_pages: 107
description: Being Young and Homeless is an intimate portrayal of life on the street from the perspective of young people in Toronto, Montreal, Halifax, and Guatemala City. Jeff Karabanow passionately portrays street youth experiences in various locales, highlighting reasons for entering street life, struggles to survive on the street, encounters with service providers, and for some, the street exiting process. This insightful book is relevant for students and practitioners of social work, sociology, social administration, and public policy.
language: English
title: Being Young and Homeless: Understanding How Youth Enter and Exit Street Life
titlecomplete: Being Young and Homeless: Understanding How Youth Enter and Exit Street Life (Adolescent Cultures, School, and Society)
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers