by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Apr 16, 2008
Panhandling, the act of stopping people on the street or in public or private spaces to ask for food or money, has long been part of the urban environment. The activity generates various reactions from people: some see it as a sign of poverty and lack of services...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Jan 25, 2008
This Research Highlight focuses on the methodology used in the creation of a panhandling typology (various panhandling techniques) that was used to gather data in field observations, then mapped within a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) framework. This data was...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Jan 25, 2008
This paper aims to inform the development of services and policies to address youth homelessness. This research addressed the following questions: (1) How youth became involved with the street? (2) What their lives were like on the street? (3) What barriers prevented...