The experience of emerging adulthood among street-involved youth / Doug Magnuson, Mikael Jansson, and Cecilia Benoit.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Magnuson, Douglas, author.

Jansson, S. Mikael, 1959- author.

Benoit, Cecilia M., 1954- author.

Series:

Emerging adulthood series.

Emerging adulthood series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Street youth--Social conditions.

Street youth.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 pages).

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

'The Experience of Emerging Adulthood Among Street-Involved Youth' tells the story of young people who were street-involved from their early to middle teens and into their 20s, particularly their experiences of emerging adulthood while struggling toward young adulthood and independence.

Contents:

Introduction

Street-Involved Youth Talk: The Risky Business Study

The Contribution and Complications of Instability in the Lives of Street-Involved Youth

Self-Focus: Leaving Home and Becoming Street-Involved

Self-Focus: Adjusting to the Streert

Possibilities: Anticipating the Future

NFA (No fixed address): Feeling-and Being-In-Between

Identity: "Not Being Who I Want To Be."

The Implications for Policy and Practice.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

0-19-067262-5

0-19-062495-7

0-19-062494-9