Runaway And Homeless Youth: New Research And Clinical Perspectives
by Stephen J. Morewitz /
2016 / English / PDF
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This straightforward reference surveys the knowledge base on
homeless, runaway, and thrown-away children and adolescents and
makes concrete recommendations for policy and practice. It is a
comprehensive volume, that covers new state legislation in the
U.S. dealing with runaway and homeless youth. The book’s
ecological approach grounds readers in the demographics of this
diverse population, family and other risk factors for leaving
home (and alternative arrangements such as foster care), and the
survival skills homeless young people use to sustain themselves.
Chapters cover a gamut of physical, psychological, and social
problems, from drug abuse to depression to STIs, with special
attention paid to the multiple difficulties faced by LGBT street
youth and street youths’ experiences with the legal and justice
systems.
This straightforward reference surveys the knowledge base on
homeless, runaway, and thrown-away children and adolescents and
makes concrete recommendations for policy and practice. It is a
comprehensive volume, that covers new state legislation in the
U.S. dealing with runaway and homeless youth. The book’s
ecological approach grounds readers in the demographics of this
diverse population, family and other risk factors for leaving
home (and alternative arrangements such as foster care), and the
survival skills homeless young people use to sustain themselves.
Chapters cover a gamut of physical, psychological, and social
problems, from drug abuse to depression to STIs, with special
attention paid to the multiple difficulties faced by LGBT street
youth and street youths’ experiences with the legal and justice
systems.
The author also assesses established and emerging interventions
used with runaway youth, and the effectiveness of policy
initiatives dealing with improving conditions for youth on the
streets and at risk.
The author also assesses established and emerging interventions
used with runaway youth, and the effectiveness of policy
initiatives dealing with improving conditions for youth on the
streets and at risk.
Included in the coverage:
Included in the coverage:
· Runaway youth
at the time of their disappearance.
· Runaway youth
at the time of their disappearance.
· Food insecurity
and related problems among homeless and runaway youth.
· Food insecurity
and related problems among homeless and runaway youth.· Substance use
among homeless and runaway adolescents.
· Substance use
among homeless and runaway adolescents.
· Runaway and
homeless sexual minorities.
· Runaway and
homeless sexual minorities.
· Court responses
to runaway offenses and other juvenile status violations.
· Court responses
to runaway offenses and other juvenile status violations.
· Street youth in
different countries.
· Street youth in
different countries.
Presenting the complex situation as it stands, and with clear
suggestions for action,
Presenting the complex situation as it stands, and with clear
suggestions for action,Runaway and Homeless Youth
Runaway and Homeless Youth is
a valuable resource for family therapists, sociologists, social
workers, school administrators, health professionals, police,
judges, and other criminal justice professional, along with
professionals involved in young people’s well-being and
policy-making initiatives.
is
a valuable resource for family therapists, sociologists, social
workers, school administrators, health professionals, police,
judges, and other criminal justice professional, along with
professionals involved in young people’s well-being and
policy-making initiatives.
