Background Youth often experience unique pathways into homelessness, such as family
conflict, child abuse and neglect. Most research has focused on adult homeless populations …

Objectives: The experience of homelessness for young people can affect social, emotional,
and physical development, resulting in poorer physical and mental health outcomes. To …

Excluding students from school remains a common form of punishment despite growing
critique of the practice. A disparate research base has impeded the ability to make broader …

Youth homelessness continues to be a seemingly intractable problem in Canada. We
believe there are solutions, and that means leveraging the best knowledge we have to do …

Created as an alternative to the punishment-oriented criminal justice system, the juvenile
court is a unique American invention that has been replicated around the world. But to say …

"[Gangs in America′ s Communities] is one of the most comprehensive treatments of gangs
in the marketplace.... I highly recommend its adoption as you will not be disappointed and …

Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) youths are over-represented in the homeless population.
To examine why some LGB youths become homeless, this report compares homeless and …

In this article, we investigated whether and to what extent various dimensions of
socioeconomic background (parental education, parental class, free school meal …

Domestic minor human trafficking (HT) is a growing social justice concern, particularly
among youth in the child welfare system. This paper uses administrative data to describe the …

Little is known about the adolescent risk factors and young adult health-related outcomes
associated with running away from home. We examined these correlates of running away …