The life style of homeless children in two South American cities is reported in this chapter. The chapter describes a society within a society complete with mores, sanctions and values. The author's use of the term "street children" forces the reader to consider the dramatic and distruptive effect of poverty on children. The conclusions suggest a national policy review if the United State is to avoid a similar situation.
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Mark Connolly (1990) studied this question.