Rövid leírás:
This is the first comprehensive account of the homeless in the United States. In addition to the „traditional” homeless – bag ladies, alcoholics, and tramps – the author looks at the growing number of new homeless: young people, welfare mothers and families, and the mentally ill. The book includes case perspectives, as well as a description of alternative living arrangements and policies affecting the homeless.
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Hosszú leírás:
This is the first comprehensive account of the homeless in the United States. In addition to the „traditional” homeless – bag ladies, alcoholics, and tramps – the author looks at the growing number of new homeless: young people, welfare mothers and families, and the mentally ill. The book includes case perspectives, as well as a description of alternative living arrangements and policies affecting the homeless.
‘a scholarly account of various aspects of the causes and consequences of American homelessness … well written and contains excellent reviews of the major topics… Home in America is a substantial addition to the field of homelessness’
Ellen L. Bassuk, Contemporary Psychology, 1991, Vol.36, No.11
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Tartalomjegyzék:
Homelessness in historical perspective; The epidemiology of homelessness; The homeless of the 1980s: case reports from a clinician’s notebook: Jeffrey Grunberg: Homeless men; Lois Wolf: Homeless women; Runaway and homeless youth; Paul Eagle: Homelessness and mental health; Arnold Drapkin: Medical problems of the homeless; Crisis shelter and housing programs; Peter Marcuse: Homelessness and housing policy; Kim Hopper: Advocacy for the homeless in the 1980s; Solutions to the homeless problem; References; Index.
