Clementine K. Fujimura is an Associate Professor of language and culture studies at the United States Naval Academy, where she teaches Russian and German, culture, and literature courses. She received her doctorate in cultural anthropology from the University of Chicago and has been writing about Russia's homeless children, abandonment, and its cultural concept of childhood since 1991. She has received numerous grants and fellowships in support of her work on homeless children in Russia.Sally W. Stoecker is a Lecturer in ciminology and criminal law, and a candidate of sciences, at Baikal State University of Economics in Irkutsk, Russia. Her reserach focuses on child homelessness, drug addiction of minors, and juvenile crime. She is formerly Coordinator of the Irkutsk Center for the Study of Organized Crime and Corruption in Irkutsk.Tatyana Sudakova is Scholar-in-Residence at American University's Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC), where she conducts research on human trafficking, child homelessness and exploitation, and juvenile crime. Stoecker also teaches courses on child homelessness and exploitation, and juvenile crime. Stoecker teaches courses on Russian politics in the School of International Service at American University and served as Executive Editor of Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization for six years.

"Fujimura provides an astonishing anthropological perspective on a virtually unexplored and forgotten group of the world's most vulnerable children. The author must be applauded first for the comprehensive and rigorous participant observation that she conducted over several years. Rarely is a researcher so devoted. In addition, she is somehow able to provide readers with a stark and shocking view of the lowest common denominator [of children] in a manner that is rich, comprehensive, and extraordinarily disturbing. Yet, somehow, Fujimura presents her research--the stories she uncovers--with a uniquely sensitive understanding of Russian culture, contemporary and historic. The manner in which she writes, often using the voice and subjective perspective of Russian citizens, allows readers to learn about an invisible group of children within the context of an almost forgotten world. This amazing book has the depth of rigorous research, yet reads like a novel. Highly recommended. Professional and lay readers, especially those interested in international adoption. All levels." - Choice

• Acknowledgments Introduction: Entering the Doorway to Abandoned Russia Institutionalized, Neglected Orphans Victims of a Failed System, or Cold Cultural Beliefs? Many Forms of Abandonment Moscow's Homeless Children The Lure of the City Domestic Violence Contributing to Child Homelessness by Tatyana Sudakova and Sally Stoecker Options for the Abandoned Child Their World Still With Secrets and Sorrow Appendix Endnotes Bibliography

Clementine K. Fujimura is an Associate Professor of language and culture studies at the United States Naval Academy, where she teaches Russian and German, culture, and literature courses. She received her doctorate in cultural anthropology from the University of Chicago and has been writing about Russia's homeless children, abandonment, and its cultural concept of childhood since 1991. She has received numerous grants and fellowships in support of her work on homeless children in Russia.Sally W. Stoecker is a Lecturer in ciminology and criminal law, and a candidate of sciences, at Baikal State University of Economics in Irkutsk, Russia. Her reserach focuses on child homelessness, drug addiction of minors, and juvenile crime. She is formerly Coordinator of the Irkutsk Center for the Study of Organized Crime and Corruption in Irkutsk.Tatyana Sudakova is Scholar-in-Residence at American University's Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC), where she conducts research on human trafficking, child homelessness and exploitation, and juvenile crime. Stoecker also teaches courses on child homelessness and exploitation, and juvenile crime. Stoecker teaches courses on Russian politics in the School of International Service at American University and served as Executive Editor of Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization for six years.

"Fujimura provides an astonishing anthropological perspective on a virtually unexplored and forgotten group of the world's most vulnerable children. The author must be applauded first for the comprehensive and rigorous participant observation that she conducted over several years. Rarely is a researcher so devoted. In addition, she is somehow able to provide readers with a stark and shocking view of the lowest common denominator [of children] in a manner that is rich, comprehensive, and extraordinarily disturbing. Yet, somehow, Fujimura presents her research--the stories she uncovers--with a uniquely sensitive understanding of Russian culture, contemporary and historic. The manner in which she writes, often using the voice and subjective perspective of Russian citizens, allows readers to learn about an invisible group of children within the context of an almost forgotten world. This amazing book has the depth of rigorous research, yet reads like a novel. Highly recommended. Professional and lay readers, especially those interested in international adoption. All levels." - Choice

• Acknowledgments Introduction: Entering the Doorway to Abandoned Russia Institutionalized, Neglected Orphans Victims of a Failed System, or Cold Cultural Beliefs? Many Forms of Abandonment Moscow's Homeless Children The Lure of the City Domestic Violence Contributing to Child Homelessness by Tatyana Sudakova and Sally Stoecker Options for the Abandoned Child Their World Still With Secrets and Sorrow Appendix Endnotes Bibliography

Clementine K. Fujimura is an Associate Professor of language and culture studies at the United States Naval Academy, where she teaches Russian and German, culture, and literature courses. She received her doctorate in cultural anthropology from the University of Chicago and has been writing about Russia's homeless children, abandonment, and its cultural concept of childhood since 1991. She has received numerous grants and fellowships in support of her work on homeless children in Russia.Sally W. Stoecker is a Lecturer in ciminology and criminal law, and a candidate of sciences, at Baikal State University of Economics in Irkutsk, Russia. Her reserach focuses on child homelessness, drug addiction of minors, and juvenile crime. She is formerly Coordinator of the Irkutsk Center for the Study of Organized Crime and Corruption in Irkutsk.Tatyana Sudakova is Scholar-in-Residence at American University's Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC), where she conducts research on human trafficking, child homelessness and exploitation, and juvenile crime. Stoecker also teaches courses on child homelessness and exploitation, and juvenile crime. Stoecker teaches courses on Russian politics in the School of International Service at American University and served as Executive Editor of Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization for six years.

"Fujimura provides an astonishing anthropological perspective on a virtually unexplored and forgotten group of the world's most vulnerable children. The author must be applauded first for the comprehensive and rigorous participant observation that she conducted over several years. Rarely is a researcher so devoted. In addition, she is somehow able to provide readers with a stark and shocking view of the lowest common denominator [of children] in a manner that is rich, comprehensive, and extraordinarily disturbing. Yet, somehow, Fujimura presents her research--the stories she uncovers--with a uniquely sensitive understanding of Russian culture, contemporary and historic. The manner in which she writes, often using the voice and subjective perspective of Russian citizens, allows readers to learn about an invisible group of children within the context of an almost forgotten world. This amazing book has the depth of rigorous research, yet reads like a novel. Highly recommended. Professional and lay readers, especially those interested in international adoption. All levels." - Choice

• Acknowledgments Introduction: Entering the Doorway to Abandoned Russia Institutionalized, Neglected Orphans Victims of a Failed System, or Cold Cultural Beliefs? Many Forms of Abandonment Moscow's Homeless Children The Lure of the City Domestic Violence Contributing to Child Homelessness by Tatyana Sudakova and Sally Stoecker Options for the Abandoned Child Their World Still With Secrets and Sorrow Appendix Endnotes Bibliography