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01-03-2014 | Book Review

Ronald E. Hallett: Educational Experiences of Hidden Homeless Teenagers: Living Doubled-Up

Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, New York, NY, 2012, 145 pp, ISBN: 978-0-415-89373-2

Auteur: Erin Nicole Johnson

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 3/2014

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In Educational Experience of Hidden Homeless Teenagers: Living Doubled-Up, Ronald Hallett examines how the educational experiences of a subgroup of homeless adolescents are affected by their living situations. Hallett focuses on a specific subgroup of homeless adolescents who are “sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason.” 42 U.S.C. § 11434(a) (also known as the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act). Hallett defines these adolescents as “living doubled-up.” While these adolescents and their families do not identify themselves as homeless, Congress has recognized that these individuals walk a fine line between homeless and housed. As Hallet (2012, p. 4) notes, adolescents “living doubled-up” represent 60 % of homeless youth. Hallett chose to study this group because it is the least studied group of homeless adolescents, this sort of living situation is often a precursor to other forms of residential instability and part of a cycle of homelessness, and this type of living situation is in a gray area between housed and homeless, which goes against the American Dream. An important distinction is made between a residence, i.e., an apartment or house, and a household, a family unit such as a mother and her children. Therefore, a doubled-up residence is made up of several households. Hallett reveals the tensions present between households sharing a residence and how this tension affects the educational experiences of four adolescents. …
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Metagegevens
Titel
Ronald E. Hallett: Educational Experiences of Hidden Homeless Teenagers: Living Doubled-Up
Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, New York, NY, 2012, 145 pp, ISBN: 978-0-415-89373-2
Auteur
Erin Nicole Johnson
Publicatiedatum
01-03-2014
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 3/2014
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-013-0070-y

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