Book
With no direction home : homeless youth on the road and in the streets
Record details
- ISBN: 0534626491
- ISBN: 9780534626495
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Physical Description:
xi, 147 p. : ill ; 24 cm.
print - Publisher: Belmont, CA : Thomson/Wadsworth, c2005.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 138-144) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 1. Introduction -- Who are street kids -- The representation of street kids -- The social definition of adolescence -- Street kids as agents of their own actions -- Purpose of the present study -- Organization of the present study -- 2. Meeting the street kids -- The ethnographic method -- Demographics of the street kids -- Setting the scene : the East Village -- Summary -- 3. Leaving home -- Introduction -- Family backgrounds of the street kids -- Parents' reactions to their kids leaving home -- Limitations -- Summary -- 4. Socialization to the streets and the formation of peer networks -- Introduction -- Learning the ropes : socialization to street life -- One big happy family : establishing peer networks -- Labor Day at the East River -- Summary -- 5. Going on the road -- Introduction -- Weather whim -- Modes of travel -- Destination everywhere -- Summary -- 6. Subsistence -- Introduction -- Dining out -- Securing shelter -- Making money -- Summary -- 7. Substance use and abuse -- Introduction -- First high -- Substance use and street life -- The notion of addiction -- Summary -- 8. Victimization and violence -- Introduction -- Victimization -- Violence within the street kid community -- Summary -- 9. Leaving the streets -- Introduction -- Will they stay or will they go? -- The ideal versus the real -- Summary -- 10. Summary and conclusions -- Summary of findings -- Street kids throughout the world -- Implications of the present study -- The ultimate freedom. |
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| Subject: | Homeless youth -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies Street youth -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies |
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- 2 of 2 copies available at Nicola Valley Institute of Technology.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Merritt Campus | HV1437 N5 F56 2005 (Text) | 124086 | Regular Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Vancouver Campus | HV1437.N5 F56 2005 (Text) | 228288 | Regular Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
