Are street children beyond rehabilitation? Understanding the life situation of street boys through ethnographic methods in Nakuru, Kenya

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1345-1354

  Kaime Atterhög, Wanjiku ^a   Ahlberg, Beth Maina ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Skaraborgs Institutet   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Child participation; Kenya; Reflexive ethnography; Research methodology; Street boys; Street children

Indexed keywords

EID: 53849113950     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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