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Taking it to the streets
Rene Denfeld, author of a new book on the violent subculture of street families, talks about why these young nomads are every bit as dangerous as the Bloods and the Crips.
By Helaine Olen [2007-02-12]

  • Number of street kids in America

    The article states that there are an estimated 1.5 million street kids in America. How could that possibly be? 1.5 million street kids would be one-half of one percent of our population. One out of every 200 people in America would have to be a street kid.

    1.5 million means a simple average of 30,000 per state. Obviously California would have alot more than Wyoming, however is anyone familiar with any place in America where there are even dozens of street kids, let alone thousands?

    Is anyone aware of any other estimates out there?

    -- Samlor
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    Monday, February 12, 2007 02:11 AM
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