Title Street kids : homeless youth, outreach, and policing New York's streets / Kristina E. Gibson

Published New York : New York University Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 247 pages) Contents Introduction: the street youth dilemma -- The space of the streets -- Blacc, a street kid from far Rockaway, Queens -- Street outreach -- Standup for kids and New York City outreach -- Public space : policing street kids and outreach -- Running off the map : mobility, street kids, and street outreach -- Conclusion: where does the "move along" dance take us? Summary Street outreach workers comb public places such as parks, vacant lots, and abandoned waterfronts to search for young people who are living out in public spaces, if not always in the public eye. Street Kids opens a window to the largely hidden world of street youth, drawing on their detailed and compelling narratives to give new insight into the experiences of youth homelessness and youth outreach. Kristina Gibson argues that the enforcement of quality of life ordinances in New York City has spurred hyper-mobility amongst the city' s street youth population and has serious implications for social work with homeless youth. Youth in motion have become socially invisible and marginalized from public spaces where social workers traditionally contact them, jeopardizing their access to the already limited opportunities to escape street life. The culmination of a multi-year ethnographic investigation into the lives of street outreach workers and 'their kids' on the streets of New York City, Street Kids illustrates the critical role that public space regulations and policing play in shaping the experience of youth homelessness and the effectiveness of street outreach Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed April 12, 2021) Subject Street youth -- New York (State) -- New York Homeless youth -- New York (State) -- New York Social work with youth -- New York (State) -- New York Social work with the homeless -- New York (State) -- New York Police services for the homeless -- New York (State) -- New York POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban. Homeless youth Police services for the homeless Social work with the homeless Social work with youth Street youth New York (State) -- New York Form Electronic book LC no. 2010047475 ISBN 9780814732892 0814732895 9780814733370 0814733379

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