G. K. Lieten is Professor (ret.) of child labour at the University of Amsterdam and an expert on childhood studies Talinay Strehl earlier worked as a research associate at the Institute for Research on Working Children and presently is child rights officer at Terre des Hommes (NL)

• List of Tables.- 1 Victims and agency.- 2 Research and overview.- 3 Landing in the streets: a multiplicity of factors.- 4 Settling down in the street.- 5 Street child interventions and policies.- Conclusions and recommendations.- References.

"This book focuses on the topic of children on the Peruvian streets in the cities of Lima and Cuzco. ... This book is relevant because it combines an in-depth fieldwork with a detailed analysis of every important aspect from child street life. This publication is very enriching for those that work with street children. It also promotes thinking again about one of the hardest social realities, understanding that a better comprehension would allow policy development and more efficient interventions." (Maria Juliana Laurito, Applied Research in Quality of Life, Vol. 11, 2016)