Michele Wakin (USA Bridgewater State University)

Teen Runaways in America

A Reference Handbook

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Produktbeschreibung

This resource provides a wide range of information on teen runaways and various efforts to help vulnerable teen populations.

Produktdetails

• Contemporary World Issues
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. April 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 162mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 526g
• ISBN-13: 9781440880568
• ISBN-10: 1440880565
• Artikelnr.: 70741181

Autorenporträt

Michele Wakin, PhD, is a Professor of Sociology at Bridgewater State University. She received an EdM from Boston University, and an MA and PhD in Sociology from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her research interests include homelessness and poverty, inequality, and urban and community studies. She was awarded the Ernest A. Lynton Citation for Distinguished Engaged Scholarship for Early Career Faculty because of her involvement with the homeless advocacy community in Brockton, MA. Dr. Wakin has published in the journals American Behavioral Scientist, City & Community, Administrative Theory and Praxis, and The Journal of Workplace Rights. She is the author of three books: Otherwise Homeless: Vehicle Living and the Culture of Homelessness (2014), Hobo Jungle: A Homeless Community in Paradise (2020), and Homelessness in America: A Reference Handbook (ABC-CLIO, 2022).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Background and History
Defining Adolescence
Access to Institutions of Socialization
Early History
-Housing
-Employment
-Education
-The Role of the State
-Youth and the New Deal
Runaways, Post War
-Race and Education
-Women and Work
-Men and War
-Students and Civil Rights
-Women and Feminism
-Counterculture
-Missing Children
New Legislation
-Violence Against Women Act
-Runaway and Homeless Youth Act
-Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
-McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act
Conclusion
References
2. Problems, Controversies, and Solutions
Defining Runaways
-PIT Count and AHAR Part I
-HMIS and AHAR Part II
-Voices of Youth Count
-National Center for Homeless Education
Human Trafficking
-Sex Trafficking
-Punishment for Trafficking Offenses
-Identity-Based Risk
-Labor Trafficking
Solutions
-Universal Basic Income
-LGBTQ Youth and Youth of Color
References
3. Perspectives
Couchsurfing and Unaccompanied: Reflections of a Former Homeless Teen,
Jason Desrosier
Trash Bags, Trailers, and the Search for Stability, William Woelki
Housing Instability: Uncovering the Role of Structural Inequality, Ann
Aviles
Risks and Pathways Forward: Transgender Teen Runaways, Meghan Murphy
Educational Access and Support for Unaccompanied Youth, Ronald Hallett
4. Profiles
Federal Organizations and Systems
-Administration for Children and Families
-Administration on Children, Youth, and Families
-Children's Bureau
-Family and Youth Services Bureau
-National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
-National Missing and Unidentified Persons System
-Office of Family Assistance
State Profiles
-California
-Florida
-New York
-Texas
-Washington
Individuals
-Jane Addams (1860-1935)
-Mary Wright Edelman (1939- )
-Mary "Mother" Jones (1830-1930)
-Julia Lathrop (1858-1932)
-Frances Perkins (1880-1965)
References
5. Documents
Runaway and Homeless Youth Act
Congressional Research Service, "Runaway and Homeless Youth: Demographics
and Programs" (2019)
US Department of Health and Human Services, "Learning from the Field:
Programs Serving Youth Who Are LRGTQI2-S and Experiencing Homelessness"
(2011)
Child Maltreatment Report (2022)
Child Welfare Outcomes Report (2020)
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, Reauthorization (2015)
Department of Education, "State and District Implementation of the
Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program" (2015)
Indian Child Welfare Act (1978)
Department of Interior, Indian Boarding Schools (2022)
Latzman and Gibbs, "Examining the Link: Foster Care Runaway Episodes and
Human Trafficking" (2020)
Youth Aging out of Foster Care: The Chafee Program
6. Resources
Orphan Trains
Indian Boarding Schools and Orphanages
Teens and Adolescence
Runaway and Homeless Youth
Child Welfare
Race
LGBTQ
Teens, Trafficking, and Forced Labor
Government Organizations and National Non-Profits
7. Chronology
Glossary
Index