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With No Direction Home - Homeless Youth on the Road and in the Streets (05 Edition)

by Marni Finkelstein

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Publisher Comments:

Do you know what it's really like to be a young homeless person? WITH NO DIRECTION HOME: HOMELESS YOUTH ON THE ROAD AND IN THE STREETS takes you into their world, their living conditions, and their street experiences. Plus, it takes a hard look at fictive kin experiences and drug addiction. Learn how to move from compassion to rapport with this incredible ethnography textbook.

Book News Annotation:

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)

About the Author

Marni Finkelstein is currently an adjunct professor John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and works as the Senior Research Associate Vera Institute of Justice, both in New York City. She received her doctorate in social/cultural anthropology from the New

Table of Contents

Preface. 1. Who Are Street Kids. 2. Meeting the Street Kids. 3. Leaving Home. 4. Socialization to the Streets and the Formation of Peer Networks. 5. Going on the Road. 6. Subsistance. 7. Substance Use and Abuse. 8. Victimization and Violence. 9. Leaving the Streets. 10. Summary and Conclusions.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780534626495
Subtitle:
Homeless Youth on the Road and in the Streets
Author:
Finkelstein, Marni
Publisher:
Wadsworth Publishing Company
Subject:
Sociology - Marriage & Family
Subject:
Anthropology - General
Copyright:
Series:
Case Studies on Contemporary Social Issues
Publication Date:
March 2004
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
College/higher education:
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
160
Dimensions:
50 in.

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