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Runaways: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped Today´s Practices and Policies
Karen Staller
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Description for Runaways: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped Today´s Practices and Policies
Hardback. During the 1960s And 1970s, the issue of runaways became a source of national concern. This book examines the programs and policies that took shape during this period. It also discusses the effects of legislation, including the federal Runaway Youth Act of 1974, which endorsed the alternative service community's model. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 568.
During the 1960s and 1970s, runaways became a source of national concern in America. Countercultural activists provided support to runaway youth, and private agencies began developing innovative, sometimes controversial programs to serve them. In this multilayered history, Karen M. Staller examines the programs and policies that took shape during this period and the ways in which the ideas of the alternative-services movement continue to guide our responses to at-risk youth. Staller begins with the 1960s, when the mainstream media began to characterize the act of running away less as an opportunity for exciting adventure (as experienced by Huckleberry Finn) ... Read more
During the 1960s and 1970s, runaways became a source of national concern in America. Countercultural activists provided support to runaway youth, and private agencies began developing innovative, sometimes controversial programs to serve them. In this multilayered history, Karen M. Staller examines the programs and policies that took shape during this period and the ways in which the ideas of the alternative-services movement continue to guide our responses to at-risk youth. Staller begins with the 1960s, when the mainstream media began to characterize the act of running away less as an opportunity for exciting adventure (as experienced by Huckleberry Finn) ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231124102
SKU
V9780231124102
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About Karen Staller
Karen M. Staller is assistant professor of social work at the University of Michigan. She has also practiced public interest law with low-income senior citizens and at-risk adolescents in New York City. Karen Staller, PhD, JD is Assistant Professor of Social Work at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Her research focuses on runaway and homeless youth and other ... Read more
Reviews for Runaways: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped Today´s Practices and Policies
Runaways offers an informative description of the history of service development and media construction of runaway youth in America.
Emilie Smeaton Child and Family Social Work
Emilie Smeaton Child and Family Social Work