“STREET CHILDREN” PHENOMENON IN THE ROMANIAN SOCIETY
“STREET CHILDREN” PHENOMENON IN THE ROMANIAN SOCIETY

Summary/Abstract: The phenomenon of „street children "became more visible in Romania after 1989. Causes are related to family conditions: poverty, violence, alcoholism of parents, neglect or indifference leading to family break up. Another reason for the “street children phenomenon” is the child protection institutions, characterized by poor conditions and inadequate treatment received by staff. The vast majority of street youth live in groups because of the advantages of group life. The majority of street youth are consumers of toxic substances. The level of school education is quite low, many of them not knowing how to read and write, which explains the failure of school integration. Many street youth suffering from various medical problems due to limited access to health services. Much of street youth are exposed to sexual abuse and prostitution, especially girls. The main source of income is begging. The situation of economic exploitation among street youth is quite high. The current legislation is discriminatory for the street youth. Problems faced by street youth is the inefficiency of the system of social assistance. “Street children” stigma is unjust, but it continues to exist. The objectives of the investigation are: the influence of socialization agents (family) on why choosing the street life and detection of conditions which lead the child to choose life on the streets To achieve the case studies, we analyzed children's files which included: social inquiries made natural family child psychosocial children sheets, monitoring reports, psychological reports prepared by a psychologist.

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