Encyclopedia of Homelessness, Volume 1The Encyclopedia of Homelessness is the first systematic effort to organize and summarize what we know about this complex topic which impacts not only the homeless but all of society. The Encyclopedia focuses on the current situation in the United States, with a comparative sampling of homelessness around the world. The Encyclopedia contains entries on Australia, Brazil, Canada, Cuba, France, Guatemala, Japan, Nigeria, Russia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Zimbabwe, Tokyo, Calcutta, London and others from around the world. The Encyclopedia of Homelessness meets the needs of a broad audience, offering a rich history and the data, views, and perspectives of experts from different disciplines and perspectives. |
Contents
Fictional Accounts of Homelessness | 627 |
Directory of Street Newspapers | 635 |
Master Bibliography of Publications on Homelessness | 765 |
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affordable housing African-Americans agencies alcohol areas Assertive Community Treatment become homeless behavior causes of homelessness Center chronic clients Community Psychology costs Deindustrialization disabilities disorders drug economic emergency shelter end homelessness factors federal foster care funding Further Reading gentrification Goodwill Industries groups harm reduction Hispanics hobo homeless adults Homeless Assistance homeless children homeless families homeless individuals homeless persons homeless population homeless women homeless youth hospital households income increased Institute intervention issues Latino less living low-income ment mental health mental illness National needs ness networks number of homeless outreach parents percent poor poverty Press programs psychiatric rates residents Retrieved risk rural sample serve severe mental illness skid row soup kitchens strategies Street Newspapers street youth studies substance abuse supportive housing survey tion tramp transitional housing treatment U.S. Department United urban veterans violence welfare York City
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Globalization, Minorities and Civil Society: Perspectives from Asian and ... Kōichi Hasegawa,Naoki Yoshihara No preview available - 2008 |