According to the World Health Organisation (1986), youth is categorised as being between 10 and 24 years of age, however, this differs between each literature examined. Research was conducted electronically from mainly Australia sources, however, international countries were also examined. The literature was discovered by using government websites, e-journals and the University of Wollongong’s library databases including SAGE Journals Online (e-journals), SCOPUS (database), Australian Bureau of Statistics (Government website),
The search strategies used a combination of the terms identified in the Appendix, alternating around homelessness, homeless youth, homeless pathways, young people, adolescents, family breakdown, domestic violence, sexual
The search strategies used a combination of the terms identified in the Appendix, alternating around homelessness, homeless youth, homeless pathways, young people, adolescents, family breakdown, domestic violence, sexual