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Direct linkHyde, Justeen – Journal of Adolescence, 2005
This paper explores why young people leave home and become homeless. Drawing on life history interviews conducted with 50 homeless youth in Los Angeles, explanations provided by participants for becoming homelessness and how they understand their experiences are presented. In professional discourses, homeless young people are often portrayed as…
Descriptors: Biographies, Young Adults, Homeless People, Interviews
