Jasmine major crisis in her life is she is a prostitute and is HIV positive. Jasmine is going through a difficult situation concerning her status as an HIV positive person, an IV drug user and a prostitute. Her circumstances is that because of the mother, who is a Caucasian woman and her father an African American male broke up when Jasmine was three, due to the fact that their parents didn’t agree with their relationship when Jasmine was three. Jasmine mother when in a depressive state and began using drugs as well as dating several men, some of the men that her mother dated molested Jasmine. She ran away at age fifteen and began prostitution and drug use. She is HIV positive and still prostitutes. Jasmine wants to change, but does not know …show more content…
Being a homeless youth is a serious issue, it increases the risk of “higher risk for physical abuse, sexual exploitation, mental health disabilities, substance abuse, and death” (Finzel, R. 2013). Jasmine, who had no place to go began prostituting herself and doing IV drugs, with a combination of these two that it would be enviable that she would contract HIV. Jasmine being a bi-racial teenager and not knowing her father is having problems with identity. There are many ways to developed identity, it’s “shaped by individual characteristics, family dynamics, historical factors, and social and political context.” (Hud-Aleem, R., & Countryman, J. 2008). Considering that because of her father’s absences in her life and her mother’s depression and drug use, Jasmine never got a chance to discover who she is causing an identity crisis.
When Jasmine was three her mother fell into a state of depression and began using drugs. And because of that jasmine failed to gain an attachment to her mother. According to Bowlby, “the parent needed to spend a quality amount of time together, be emotionally responsive, react to the child needs and be available in the child life for a long time” (Zastrow, C. H., & Kirst- Ashman, K. K., 2013 pg. 137 para 4 ). Jasmine mother basically neglected her, while doing drugs which would explain how Jasmine got into using drug because of the trauma she experience during childhood, as well as, seeing her mother go to
While she might think that her plans are working, they only lead her down a path of destruction. She lands in a boarding house, when child services find her, she goes to jail, becomes pregnant by a man who she believed was rich. Also she becomes sentenced to 15 years in prison, over a street fight with a former friend she double crossed. In the end, she is still serving time and was freed by the warden to go to her mother’s funeral. To only discover that her two sisters were adopted by the man she once loved, her sister is with the man who impregnated her, and the younger sister has become just like her. She wants to warn her sister, but she realizes if she is just like her there is no use in giving her advice. She just decides that her sister must figure it out by
Finkelstein, M. (2005). With no direction home: homeless youth on the road and in the streets. Belmont, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth.
The introduction to this article begins with a personal narrative about his own experiences as an African American teenage
Even with the daily struggle faced by youth in obtaining shelter and homelessness becoming a reality for a growing number of Canadians, Canada, with its high quality of life is one country that has always had a global long-standing reputation. This paper will be working towards giving the reader a better understanding with regards to homeless youth. It will be focusing on the reasons why they leave home, their lives on the street and steps they are trying to take to be able to leave the streets. An important finding from this research suggests, “the street youth population is diverse, complex, and heterogeneous”. According to Karabanow, made up of a number of subcultures including hardcore street-entrenched young people, squatters, group home kids, child welfare kids, soft-core twinkles, runaways, throwaways, refugees and immigrants is the generic term ‘street youth’.
Aaliyah is a young woman of 25 years old. She grew up in her parent’s house and decided to leave home when she was 18 years old, due to her father’s alcohol use. She finished high school and after moving in with a friend and finding a full time job, she decided to go back to school. Aaliyah is going to school to get her degree in criminal justice. She is not happy at her current place of employment; she is working at a contracting company as an administrative assistant and is ready to move on and find something different to do with her life. On occasion Aaliyah smokes cigarettes and every once in a while she has an alcoholic drink (Argosy University,2014). First off, Aaliyah is at risk for drug or alcohol abuse, being that her father is an alcoholic and sometimes alcoholism is passed down through the blood lines, children of alcoholics are four times more likely to have alcohol problems (NIAAA,2012). Growing up in that kind of environment makes one more susceptible to psychological issues
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The youth homelessness population is increasing because of the many challenges that these children or teens face in everyday life; It also continues getting larger every year because of the many youth who are getting into dangerous situations that force them to be homeless or thru their own choosing. One third of the homeless population is between the ages of 16-24, which is incredibly young and it is the prime years for an adolescent or young adu...
McNamara, Robert Hartmann. "Homelessness." Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Social Issues. Ed. Michael Shally-Jensen. Vol. 3: Family and Society. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2011. 1024-1031. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 2 May 2014. .
Youth become homeless for a number of reasons, including: family violence and neglect, rejection due to sexual orientation or gender identity, the overwhelmed child welfare system and extreme poverty. These youth almost always have experienced unimaginable abuse and trauma, in their homes, their communities, and on the street. It is the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (RHYA)-funded services and programs that help to rectify the deep injustices that homeless youth experience on a daily basis.
Giffords, E., Alonso, C., & Bell, R. (2007). A Transitional Living Program for Homeless Adolescents: A Case Study. Child & Youth Care Forum, 36(4), 141-151. doi:10.1007/s10566-007-9036-0.
Rotheram-Borus, M. J. (1991). Serving runaway and homeless youth. Family & Community Health, 14(3), 23-32.
In this story, poverty and homelessness is the underlying problem. However another problem discussed is whether or not the potential loss of funding sources to help the homeless justify not standing up against policy that negatively affects the homeless population by causing unjust criminalization (Pg. 100). In my heart, and in a perfect world, I would never want to sacrifice my beliefs of fighting for the greater good of all people, but I understand that it is more complicated than this in real life. There is no doubt that we are all born with different opportunities. Our text explains some of the personal factors that determines who is homeless. Some of the contributing causes of homelessness include addiction, disability, mental illness,
Jasmine Beckford’s case is the oldest out of the three; in 1984 Jasmine died as a result of long-term abuse aged 4. In 1981 her and her younger sister suffered serious injuries and were paced with foster carers for six months. After this they were allowed back home with their mother on a trial basis as social services were meant to support them. During the last ten months of Jasmine’s life she was only seen once by social workers (Corby, 2006).
About 2.5 million people live in the Brooklyn region, so the streets are crowded with people and modes of transportation that are from all sorts of backgrounds. Individuals who come from all forms and walks of life cover the area where the movie Pariah takes place. However, this specific story dives directly into the life of a teenage African American who struggles with accepting herself as a lesbian to her family. The film covers deep chains of thought on what it means to grow up, and how maturing while living in an environment that does not necessarily suit your life choices can actually harm someone in the long run. In my observations, this film takes a narrative that could easily be portrayed as a white family and makes it one that takes
Homelessness has gained mass attention throughout the world. It’s an ongoing, insoluble issue that continues to exist and affect many in the Unites States. “Approximately 3.5 million people are homeless in the United States at any given time” (McBride, 2012). Sadly, due to the nature of homelessness, it is difficult to obtain an accurate number of the homeless population (McBride, 2012). Many people have negative prejudice views of homeless individuals. Self-worth, dignity, as well as trustworthy affects the homeless, often questioned by society. Through the testimony of John Doe, a better understanding will enlighten others, myself included, and bring awareness to this mass population.