Being Young and Homeless
Subtitle: Understanding How Youth Enter and Exit Street Life (Adolescent Cultures, School and Society)
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing; Peter Lang
Published: August 2, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 107
ISBN-13: 9780820467818
Subjects: General; Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare; Children's Studies; Poverty; Social Science; Politics / Current Events; Canada; Guatemala; Homeless youth; Services for; Street youth; Sociology
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 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 book is relevant for students and practitioners of social work, sociology, social administration, and public policy."--BOOK JACKET.