Becoming a street kid: Exploring the stages of street life

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 49-72

  Karabanow, Jeff ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Homeless youth; Street culture; Street youth; Street youth etiology; Street youth identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747788050     PISSN: 10911359     EISSN: 15403556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J137v13n02_04     Document Type: Article

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