Title With no direction home : homeless youth on the road and in the streets / Marni Finkelstein

Published Belmont, Calif. : Thomson/Wadsworth, [2005] Belmont, Calif. : Thomson/Wadsworth, c2005 c2005 ©2005

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Description xi, 147 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Series Case studies on contemporary social issues Case studies on contemporary social issues. Contents Machine derived contents note: Chapter 1: Introduction 1 -- Who Are Street Kids 3 -- The Representation of Street Kids 4 -- The Social Definition of Adolescence 5 -- Street Kids as Agents of Their Own Actions 7 -- Purpose of the Present Study 8 -- Organization of the Present Study 8 -- -- Chapter 2: Meeting the Street Kids 10 -- The Ethnographic Method 10 -- Demographics of the Street Kids 13 -- Setting the Scene: The East Village 18 -- Summary 21 -- -- Chapter 3: Leaving Home 23 -- Introduction 23 -- Family Backgrounds of the Street Kids 24 -- Parents' Reactions to Their Kids Leaving Home 33 -- Limitations 34 -- Summary 35 -- -- Chapter 4: Socialization to the Streets and the Formation -- of Peer Networks 36 -- Introduction 36 -- Learning the Ropes: Socialization to Street Life 37 -- One Big Happy Family: Establishing Peer Networks 39 -- Labor Day at the East River 47 -- Summary 49 -- -- Chapter 5: Going on the Road 50 -- Introduction 50 -- Weather Whim 53 -- Modes of Travel 54 -- Destination Everywhere 64 -- Summary 64 -- -- -- -- -- -- Chapter 6: Subsistence 65 -- Introduction 65 -- Dining Out 65 -- Securing Shelter 68 -- Making Money 72 -- Summary 84 -- -- Chapter 7: Substance Use and Abuse 86 -- Introduction 86 -- First High 88 -- Substance Use and Street Life 91 -- The Notion of Addiction 98 -- Summary 100 -- -- Chapter 8: Victimization and Violence 102 -- Introduction 102 -- Victimization 103 -- Violence within the Street Kid Community 107 -- Summary 113 -- -- Chapter 9: Leaving the Streets 115 -- Introduction 115 -- Will They Stay or Will They Go? 116 -- The Ideal versus the Real 120 -- Summary 123 -- -- Chapter 10: Summary and Conclusions 125 -- Summary of Findings 125 -- Street Kids throughout the World 126 -- Implications of the Present Study 129 -- The Ultimate Freedom 136 -- -- Bibliography 138 -- Index 145 Summary An anthropologist based in New York City, Finkelstein did two summers of field work among street kids in the East Village, and presents her findings qualitatively, much of it in the voices of the youths themselves. She focuses on what leads kids to the streets and what they experience there. Annotation ♭2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 138-144) and index Subject Street youth -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies. Homeless youth -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies. Genre/Form Case studies. Case studies. LC no. 2003116255 ISBN 0534626491

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