This article reviews the literature on fear of crime of interest to the geographical and
environmental disciplines. After discussing definitional and methodological issues, the …

The new homelessness has drawn sustained attention from scholars over the past three
decades. Definitional inconsistencies and data limitations rendered early work during this …

Objectives. The goal of this study was to identify differences between gay, lesbian, bisexual,
and transgender (GLBT) homeless youths and their heterosexual counterparts in terms of …

This comprehensive review of current literature on human trafficking into and within the
United States focuses on surveying what the social science or other literature has found …

This article explores the victimization experiences of street youth living in Toronto, Canada. It
is argued that street youth are much more likely than domiciled youth to be victims of a broad …

A potentially traumatic event (PTE) contributes to trauma through its frequency, conditional
probability of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and experience of other PTEs. A cross …

Background Homeless persons experience high rates of sexual and physical assault;
homeless women are thought to be at highest risk. To determine the prevalence, distribution …

ContextMany studies have shown a high prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases,
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, viral hepatitis, drug dependence, and mental …

Les B. Whitbeck and Dan R. Hoyt begin their report on street children in the Midwest with the
statement," If you live in or have visited even a medium-sized city recently, you have seen …

Evaluated in this study was the extent to which stress, co** strategies, and social support
were associated with depressive symptoms, poor physical health, and substance use in …