Annika Lehtonen
Biographic Data
| ID | 3600452 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Annika Lehtonen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Annika |
| FAMILY NAME | Lehtonen |
| SIGNATURE | LEHTONEN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tampere University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3208-8636 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
‘There's No Way You Can Help Me if I Don't Want to be Helped’
Although family reintegration of street‐connected youth has become the main objective of many governmental and civil society organizations, achieving this remains a complex task. This article explores what contributes to successful and sustainable change in work with street‐connected young people and their families based on descriptions provided by the youth and family members themselves and the professionals who work with them. The study draws o…
Young people’s negotiated solidarity in the context of drug-related crime and violence in Salvador, Brazil
Although Brazil as a whole is a diverse society, with its youth living in a variety of situations, its disadvantaged urban communities have become sites of organised crime, drug trafficking and police violence, and this influences the lives of many young people. This article explores what constitutes solidarity in relation to young people living in this context of crime and violence. The results draw from interviews with four boys aged 15–17, wit…
Relational Mobility of Street‐Connected Youth in Urban Northeast Brazil
This article scrutinises the relational processes regarding how street‐connected young people's families, relationships and societal influence affect their mobility and vice versa, and how these young people navigate between important settings in their lives. It explores how street‐connected youth practise and describe their decision‐making regarding socio‐spatial mobility in relation to the multiple settings in which they move. The study draws o…
She does not make me do it, but I want to help her
Despite most street-connected youth in Brazil having existing bonds with their families, their family relations have not received enough attention in research. This article explores how street-connected youth describe their family relations and what meanings they attach to their families. Drawing on ethnographic data collected with 10 street-connected youths aged between 12 and 17 in Recife, Brazil, the results demonstrate that the relational fam…
She does not make me do it, but I want to help her
Despite most street-connected youth in Brazil having existing bonds with their families, their family relations have not received enough attention in research. This article explores how street-connected youth describe their family relations and what meanings they attach to their families. Drawing on ethnographic data collected with 10 street-connected youths aged between 12 and 17 in Recife, Brazil, the results demonstrate that the relational fam…
She does not make me do it, but I want to help her
Despite most street-connected youth in Brazil having existing bonds with their families, their family relations have not received enough attention in research. This article explores how street-connected youth describe their family relations and what meanings they attach to their families. Drawing on ethnographic data collected with 10 street-connected youths aged between 12 and 17 in Recife, Brazil, the results demonstrate that the relational fam…
Young people’s negotiated solidarity in the context of drug-related crime and violence in Salvador, Brazil
Although Brazil as a whole is a diverse society, with its youth living in a variety of situations, its disadvantaged urban communities have become sites of organised crime, drug trafficking and police violence, and this influences the lives of many young people. This article explores what constitutes solidarity in relation to young people living in this context of crime and violence. The results draw from interviews with four boys aged 15–17, wit…
Relational Mobility of Street‐Connected Youth in Urban Northeast Brazil
This article scrutinises the relational processes regarding how street‐connected young people's families, relationships and societal influence affect their mobility and vice versa, and how these young people navigate between important settings in their lives. It explores how street‐connected youth practise and describe their decision‐making regarding socio‐spatial mobility in relation to the multiple settings in which they move. The study draws o…
‘There's No Way You Can Help Me if I Don't Want to be Helped’
Although family reintegration of street‐connected youth has become the main objective of many governmental and civil society organizations, achieving this remains a complex task. This article explores what contributes to successful and sustainable change in work with street‐connected young people and their families based on descriptions provided by the youth and family members themselves and the professionals who work with them. The study draws o…
Homelessness and Social Issues (4 works) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Community Health and Development (2 works) · Ethnography (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Ambivalence (1 works) · Children's Rights and Participation (1 works)