Searching for kinship: The creation of street families among homeless youth

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 756-771

  Smith, Hilary ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Homeless youth; Social networks; Street families; Youth street culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349054277     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764207311986     Document Type: Article

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