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Record Nr.

UNINA9910484010003321

Autore

Lieten G.K

Titolo

Child Street Life : An Inside View of Hazards and Expectations of Street Children in Peru / / by G.K. Lieten, Talinay Strehl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-319-11722-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (62 p.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research, , 2211-7644

Disciplina

300

305.2

306

341.48

Soggetti

Children

Adolescence

Human rights

Quality of life

Childhood, Adolescence and Society

Human Rights

Quality of Life Research

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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 investigates when and why the transition from children on the street (street-working children) to children of the street (street living children) takes place and elucidates how they survive. It explains the fluidity and the risks involved in any type of child street life.