homelessness

Question 1

gatez 3 homelessness

Answer 1

1. temporarily disconnected
   - largest group with short term involvement and lone episodes
   - end of homelessness people
2. unstably connected
   - repreated episode of homelessness, disengaged from family, school, community
   - recurrence of homelessness
3. Chronically disconnected
   - smallest group with repeat episodes for extended periods of time
   - recurrence homelessness

Question 2

why youth become street involved (4 reasons)

Answer 2

1. child maltreatment
   - running away = alt to abuse/neglect
   - children coming out as homosexual experience challenges in famalies, overrep
2. child welfare experiences
   - maltreatment and family conflict become involved with child welfare
   -runaways
3. education
   - explelled, dropped out
   most homeless youth have reading disabilities
4. CJS
   - monetary dissatisfaction, unemployment, criminal peers, victim of robbery, violence, theft, low self control, low selfesteem = factors increasing crime involvement in street youth
   -selling drugs as a means of money