The children's streets
Trussell, R.P.
International Social Work 42(2): 189-199
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 0020-8728 Document Number: 530856
The purpose of this study was to observe behaviors of street children in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico in an effort to gain a better understanding of their conditions. The study's aims were to discover street children's perceptions of trust, hostility, and aggression between and among peers, gangs, police, and children "of" and "in" the street. The study also tried to discover the characteristics of street children with regard to conventional and unconventional families, and drug use.