Homeless in America

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Homeless in America

Carol L. M. Caton

Oxford University Press, 1990

  • : alk. paper

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-220)

Includes indexes

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Description

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.

Table of Contents

  • 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.

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