SOC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Canadian Imperial Bank Of Commerce, Making Money, Aggressive Panhandling
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Lecture 5 - cash, crime and context: in the streets and the suites. In any given year, there are over 10,000 homeless youth. On any given day, there are 1500-2000 homeless youth. Compared to high school youth, they are older, mostly male, from poorer class backgrounds, had family and school trouble, were delinquent at home and most of them had the absence of one biological parent. The conditions of street life (known as adversity) explain crime rates among street youth. Survival needs: shelter, food, hygiene, safety, money. The majority of people would commit crime, doing anything it takes to survive. They are desperate for money, food and shelter. The streets are unsafe, so the youth have to adapt to them. Id cards etc so often have no identification method when looking for a job. A lack of established norms, dysfunctional homes, the desire to have what you don"t have, poverty, influence from peers etc.
