SOC209H5 Study Guide - Final Guide: Social Isolation, Social Exclusion, Squeegee Man
Document Summary
: a group of young people working and/or living on or about the street. In canada, there are approximately 150,000 youth living on the streets. Street-involved youth are heterogeneous, with experiences conditioned and shaped by race, class, and gender relations. They are an easy target for public vengeance. Young people between the ages of 12-24 who are homeless or under-housed. There are more males recorded on the street than females. Many street-involved youth lived in families that relied on social assistance and came from single-parent households. Street entrenchment denial of human dignity that comes with being immersed in street life. : forced economic survival, the (ab)use of drugs, violence, and the. : social isolation reinforced by relations of power. : a discourse that holds accountable and targets vulnerable and. : in terms of housing, relationships, income, and health characterizes. Youth typically engage in various survival strategies (i. e. committing petty offences, Chronic instability and unites street-involved youth. staying with friends, etc. )
