Educational Research and Reviews

  • Abbreviation: Educ. Res. Rev.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1990-3839
  • DOI: 10.5897/ERR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 2009

Review

Traits of street children

Julien Gabriel
  • Julien Gabriel
  • Programme Delivery Department, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Open Campus Trinidad and Tobago.
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  •  Received: 04 April 2022
  •  Accepted: 18 May 2022
  •  Published: 31 May 2022

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