Street Kids : : Homeless Youth, Outreach, and Policing New York’s Streets / / Kristina E. Gibson.
Street outreach workers comb public places such as parks, vacant lots, and abandoned waterfronts to search for young people who are living out in public spaces, if not always in the public eye. Street Kids opens a window to the largely hidden world of street youth, drawing on their detailed and comp...
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2011] ©2011 |
Year of Publication: | 2011 |
Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface. Ali Forney, the Death and Life of a Street Kid
- 1. Introduction. The Street Youth Dilemma
- 2. The Space of the Streets
- 3. Blacc, a Street Kid from Far Rockaway, Queens
- 4. Street Outreach
- 5. StandUp for Kids and New York City Outreach
- 6. Public Space
- 7. Running off the Map
- 8. Conclusion. Where Does the “Move Along” Dance Take Us?
- Appendix A. Research in the Streets (in Retrospect)
- Appendix B. Data Collection Methods
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author