Analysis Of The Film Welcome To The Streets

The ethnography in “With No Direction Home” by Marni Finkelstein was quite astounding. The group Finkelstein studied were street kids no older than the age of 20. Finkelstein did not interview kids over 20 because he said kids under the age of 21 rely on their families for social and financial support. He studied kids under 20 because those groups are most vulnerable to the lack of familial support and wanted to determine whether it will affect their self behaviour. These interviews and observations were constructed in the East Village of New York. The kids interviewed were from all over the place like New Jersey, Northeastern states, Southwest, Midwest, Southwest..etc. This study took place in the year 2005. Finkelstein tried to answer

In this critical review of Marni Finkelstein’s ethnography “With No Direction Home: Homeless Youth on the Road and in the Streets” I will analyze and evaluate some of the strategies and methods used by this author. One primary issue I will discuss is the sample population. Finkelstein may have set the population limitations to strictly for this ethnography. Her limited observation location and time is also a major issue. She chose to study a transient population that, very likely, primarily comes out at night. Yet, she limited herself to one primary location and she only went there in the daytime. I will discuss the lack

Elijah Anderson’s Code of the Street A Book Review By: Kelsey Sena Elijah Anderson’s Code of the Street is an ethnographic account of street violence portraying in the African American communities of Philadelphia. In these economically deprived and crime ridden communities, the Code of the Street is a subculture that governs behavior and violence. Anderson combines elements of respect, loyalty and even honor as an system used to regulate social interactions upon these neighborhoods. As a result of joblessness and enduring racism in this society, inner city African American are pressured to abide the Code of the Street as an order to survive.

The ethnography With No Direction Home: Homeless Youth on the Road and in the Streets by Marni Finkelstein, describes the life of street youth in New York City. The ethnography attempts to debunk myths that prior studies have formed of these street youths. The author, Marni Finkelstein is an Anthropologist renowned for her work on urban populations at risk. She graduated from the New School of Social Research in New York City with her PhD in Anthropology. Finkelstein has also conducted studies on substance abuse, sexual assaults and drug use of youths in New York City. Finkelstein achieves her goals, by using a scientific approach when observing the street youths. A few methods she utilizes are similar to that have been previous used but

$10.05 paper. The workings of inner cities are much different than how larger, more well funded cities work. These inner cities are often filled with violence, street families, and drug use. Elijah Anderson is a sociology professor at Yale, and has taught sociology at the University of Pennsylvania.

Unfortunately what can almost be expected is that runaway youths often have histories of substance abuse from prior to their run. Out on the street especially, intravenous drug use can be a serious risk for contracting HIV if clean needles are not used. When poor grades, conflict with school officials, parental censure, and various personal problems, such as depression and substance abuse, combine to create a sense of extreme discomfort for adolescents, many youths will run away (Tuohy, 1993).

by Barbara Haworth-Attard, readers have a chance at seeing just how hard life on the streets can be for teenagers. We should study

Homelessness is all around the world, and many people have either dealt with the issue or had first-hand experience with it. Thus causes everyone to think about the possible solutions to such an important social and economic problem. Whether or not anyone wants to support or ignore the issue, it will always be there. However, the youth population is on the rise among the homeless. While the exact number of youth among the homeless is hard to determine, given various information about homelessness available and the age range that is considered youth, a 2012 survey from the Department of Education shows that 52,950 unaccompanied homeless youth were reported through school-based programs (Sparks 31). Homelessness among youth can be

Throughout numerous areas around the globe, the reality of children living on the street has become a significant issue. This problem is mainly due to the family’s inability to provide adequate care and resources for their child, “Children end up on the streets for a number of reasons, many of which are rooted in family instability and poverty,” (The Children of the Street). Instead of worrying about what games to play or who to play with, these adolescents have to worry about what they will eat for the day or where they will sleep for the night. Children who have ended up on the streets are forced to fend for

With No Direction Home: Homeless Youth on the Road and in the Streets is an ethnography which describes the lives of youths living on the streets of New York City. The author attempts to conduct her own research in order to dispute the false impressions that many previous researches have formed about the youths living on the street. The ethnographic method she uses aids her study of the “street kids” in acknowledging the facts behind their choice of lifestyle and their experiences while on the street. Marni Finklestein received her PhD in Anthropology from the New School of Social Research in New York City. She has also managed to organize many other studies based on drugs and substance abuse as well as sexual assaults in the streets of

One in seven adolescents between the ages of ten and eighteen will run away at some point (“Running Away”). People need to pay more attention to the reasons why teens run away when there is the risk of becoming homeless. According to the National Runaway Safeline (NRS) there are between 1.7 and 2.8 million runaway and homeless youth that live on the street each year. It is important for people to know this because it estimates the number of children and teens that runaway and possibly become homeless each year. Forty six percent of runaway and homeless youth reported being physically abused, thirty eight percent reported being emotionally abused , and seventeen percent reported being forced into unwanted sexual activity by a family or household member (Homeless and Runaway Youth). Physical, emotional and sexual abuse are common reasons why teens run away. Teens that are experiencing abuse, have issues with their parents, may develop a drug addiction and often become teenage runaways.

There are many homeless kids in the world, but it is not a topic that is spoken everyday. Throughout the novel Theories of Relativities, the author Barbara Haworth-Attard demonstrates through words the street life that a lot of kids have to live every day and their struggles. Although, they might be struggling a lot and are stuck in a ‘black hole’, but some of them manages to escape like the sixteen year old teenager, Dylan. Firstly, Dylan gets help and advices from some people who wants him out of the street. Secondly, there’s a lot of organisms who supports the homeless kids.

The sample consisted of data from 426 individuals who were between the ages of 14 and 24 years old. The results indicated that 41 percent of the sample were consistently sheltered. These individuals often were in the younger age group, did not use drugs other than alcohol or marijuana, they were less involved in informal sector activities, they were able to go home, and were typically homeless for one year. Approximately 20 percent were inconsistently sheltered for a short term. These individuals were often able to go home and not have had to leave on one’s own accord. Roughly 39 percent were inconsistently sheltered for a long term. The findings suggested the importance of preventing homeless youth from spending nights in unsheltered locations. Future research is needed that recruits’ youth from the street setting in order to identify additional trajectories of homelessness. However, the timing of the assessments may have limited the number of trajectories that were identified and the study did not evaluate whether childhood neglect or abuse were predictors of youth remaining or returning to shelters (Tevendale, Comulada, & Lightfoot,

1.6 million youths ages 12 to 17 run away from home and sleep on the street each year. That’s 7% of the nations children living on the streets, without food, shelter, or an education. We often don't see them, but many teens throughout the whole country are living on the streets, which affects the community as a whole and the social harmony of our country; This is why we as a nation need to step up and help prevent this from happening to even more youth by reconnecting families and providing shelters for those who don’t have a home to go back to. Many kids are homeless because they ran away from home themselves, but some kids who live on the streets never had a home to begin with.

int. run down ghetto complex in urban nyc. night.Carlito (V.O.)So there I am, alone in the dirty hallway wondering what the fuck is Alex 's problem. Did he really go nuts? This is 1982 and NYC almost declared bankruptcy. It was a time that if things broke, they stayed broken. Poor barrios were like barren deserts filled with vacant stuff. These times were bleak and there I am a teenager trapped in a helpless ghetto. Graffiti entered my life and to me, it was the ultimate. The trashed subway trains were a gloria(opening the door in an annoyed manner)Here 's the damn book Carlito, if you get fucking lice, te jodiste. CARLITO(glances at the book in mystery as he takes it into his hands)This is the book he sent you?GLORIA(sighing)Yep, that 's one of them. I gotta go do some shit, bye.(gloria throws an air kiss and about to close the door)Oh, if I were you, get rid of that TLA sweater - CRS is around the way and you don 't wanna get jumped. CARLITO (V.O.)I 'm staring at the book in my hands as I head down in the deathtrap elevator. I turn the skinny thing over and see the title, 'The Tibetan Book of the Dead. 'What the hell was this? I read a few pages and it spoke about life, how to die, and all this other that made no sense. I was furious Alex would fall for this junk, but what made me more furious is the CRS tags in the elevator 's walls. Angrily, I took a fat Magnum marker and tagged TLA right over it. After walking out the ghetto complex and into the concrete streets, I