This book deals with street children who live in the developing world, and homeless youth who are from the developed world. They are referred to as children in

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,

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,

This book provides new insights on the lives of children in street situations by providing analyses from a qualitative perspective on the sociology of childhood

This brief studies the phenomenon of street children in two cities in Peru. It looks at some of the conceptual issues and, after analysing why children are in t