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Article: Psychological characteristics of South African street children.
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- Adolescence
- Article date:
- December 22, 1998
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INTRODUCTION
Street children are present in every country and almost every city in the world. For some regions, it has been a familiar phenomenon for a long time, while for others it has emerged only in the last decade (Le Roux, 1987). Problems arising in the social milieu (Schurink & Tiba, 1993), as well as economic and political upheaval, are some of the major causes.
According to UNICEF (1987), "children on the street face the unhappy reality of increasing separation from their natural families and become at risk for losing their limited access to basic facilities, such as health, education, and recreation. Once this process is underway, it is very ...