Child Street Life An Inside View of Hazards and Expectations of Street Children in Peru

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 the street and what behaviour and which aspirations they exhibit, deals with the policy issues and lessons to be learned. This brief investig...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lieten, G.K., Strehl, Talinay (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2015, 2015
Edition:1st ed. 2015
Series:SpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • List of Tables
  • 1 Victims and agency
  • 2 Research and overview
  • 3 Landing in the streets: a multiplicity of factors
  • 4 Settling down in the street
  • 5 Street child interventions and policies
  • Conclusions and recommendations
  • References