Street Kids Homeless Youth, Outreach, and Policing New York's Streets

Name: Street Kids Homeless Youth, Outreach, and Policing New York's Streets
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ISBN: 9780814732281

ISBN-10: 0814732283

ISBN-13: 9780814732281

Edition: 2011

Authors: Kristina E. Gibson

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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 Kidsopens a window To The largely hidden world of street youth, drawing on their detailed and compelling narratives to give new insight into the experiences of youth homelessness and youth outreach. Kristina Gibson argues that the enforcement of quality of life ordinances in New York City has spurred hyper-mobility amongst the city's street youth population and has serious implications for social work with homeless youth. Youth in motion have become socially invisible and marginalized from…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication date: 5/9/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.726
Language: English

Kristina E. Gibson is assistant professor in residence of Geography, and the Urban and Community Studies Program at the University of Connecticut, Waterbury.



Acknowledgments


Preface: Ali Forney, the Death and Life of a Street Kid



Introduction: The Street Youth Dilemma



The Space of the Streets



Blacc, a Street Kid from Far Rockaway, Queens



Street Outreach



StandUp for Kids and New York City Outreach



Public Space: Policing Street Kids and Outreach



Running off the Map: Mobility, Street Kids, and Street Outreach



Conclusion: Where Does the ï¿½Move Alongï¿½ Dance Take Us?



Research in the Streets (in Retrospect)



Data Collection Methods


Notes


Bibliography


Index


About the Author