Homeless in America

Herausgeber: Caton, Carol L M

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Homeless in America describes various public and private shelter programs and, utilizing a unique scientific approach, discusses social and economic policy innovations aimed at independent living. The result is an invaluable resource for students in the social sciences, medicine, law, public policy, and social work, as well as for mental health professionals.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Februar 1990
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 149mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780195039184
• ISBN-10: 0195039181
• Artikelnr.: 21402836

Autorenporträt

Carol L.M. Caton is currently Associate Clinical Professor of Social Sciences at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University.

Inhaltsangabe

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.