Child Street Life, 2015
An Inside View of Hazards and Expectations of Street Children in Peru
SpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research Series

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This brief studies the phenomenon of street children in two cities in Peru. It looks at some of the conceptual issues and, after analysing why children are in the street and what behaviour and which aspirations they exhibit, deals with the policy issues and lessons to be learned. This brief investigates when and why the transition from children on the street (street-working children) to children of the street (street living children) takes place and elucidates how they survive. It explains the fluidity and the risks involved in any type of child street life.

List of Tables.- 1 Victims and agency.- 2 Research and overview.- 3 Landing in the streets: a multiplicity of factors.- 4 Settling down in the street.- 5 Street child interventions and policies.- Conclusions and recommendations.- References.

G. K. Lieten is Professor (ret.) of child labour at the University of Amsterdam and an expert on childhood studies Talinay Strehl earlier worked as a research associate at the Institute for Research on Working Children and presently is child rights officer at Terre des Hommes (NL)
Presents an analysis why children are in the street and what behaviour and which aspirations they exhibit Investigates when and why the transition from street-working children to street living children takes place Explains the fluidity and the risks involved in any type of child street life Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras