SOC 3750 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Sexually Transmitted Infection, Sexual Assault, Chronic Poverty

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 3750
• Professor: Bill O' Grady

Document Summary

Street-involved youth are visible living on the streets of most major canadian urban centers. 19th century literature popularized huckleberry finn and oliver twist in stories of street children existing and surviving on their own. Recognition and awareness of street-youth has increased with media attention. The plight of street-involved youth continues to worsen in canada. Insufficient attention has been given to the service needs of street-involved youth. Street-involved youth includes within its definition throwaways, runaways and homeless youth. Recent definitions of street-involved youth have expanded to include youth who are not living on the street but who experiment and engage in street-involved activities and identify with the street culture and street peer groupings. Youth living on the street present as a unique service population in comparison to the adult homeless population. Homelessness for adults is typically a housing and poverty issue.