TY - BOOK AU - Gibson,Kristina E. TI - Street Kids: Homeless Youth, Outreach, and Policing New York’s Streets SN - 9780814732274 AV - HV1437.N5 G53 2011 U1 - 362.74 PY - 2011///] CY - New York, NY : PB - New York University Press, KW - Homeless youth KW - New York (State) KW - New York KW - Police services for the homeless KW - Social work with the homeless KW - Social work with youth KW - Street youth KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Preface. Ali Forney, the Death and Life of a Street Kid --; 1. Introduction. The Street Youth Dilemma --; 2. The Space of the Streets --; 3. Blacc, a Street Kid from Far Rockaway, Queens --; 4. Street Outreach --; 5. StandUp for Kids and New York City Outreach --; 6. Public Space --; 7. Running off the Map --; 8. Conclusion. Where Does the “Move Along” Dance Take Us? --; Appendix A. Research in the Streets (in Retrospect) --; Appendix B. Data Collection Methods --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index --; About the Author; restricted access N2 - Street outreach workers comb public places such as parks, vacant lots, and abandoned waterfronts to search for young people who are living out in public spaces, if not always in the public eye. Street Kids opens a window to the largely hidden world of street youth, drawing on their detailed and compelling narratives to give new insight into the experiences of youth homelessness and youth outreach. Kristina Gibson argues that the enforcement of quality of life ordinances in New York City has spurred hyper-mobility amongst the city’s street youth population and has serious implications for social work with homeless youth. Youth in motion have become socially invisible and marginalized from public spaces where social workers traditionally contact them, jeopardizing their access to the already limited opportunities to escape street life. The culmination of a multi-year ethnographic investigation into the lives of street outreach workers and ‘their kids’ on the streets of New York City, Street Kids illustrates the critical role that public space regulations and policing play in shaping the experience of youth homelessness and the effectiveness of street outreach UR - https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814733370.001.0001 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814733370 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780814733370/original ER -