Young Homeless People
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: October 6, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780312226176
Subjects: Social classes; Homeless Persons; Sociology Of Youth; Social Science; Politics / Current Events; Sociology; Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare; Political Science / Economic Conditions; Political Science / Social Services & Welfare; General; Poverty; Homeless youth; Scotland
Description: "Young Homeless People takes a broad approach to the distressing phenomenon of youth homelessness. While politicians, researchers and the media generally focus on the more 'visibly' homeless - those sleeping rough in city-centres or staying in hostels - this book also considers young homeless people 'hidden' in local communities.

It places young people's experiences of homelessness in the context of their biographies as a whole, and includes chapters on their private lives of family and friendship networks and their public lives of school, work and contact with public services."--BOOK JACKET.