By Peter H. Rossi
ISBN-10: 0226728293
ISBN-13: 9780226728292
The main exact and finished photograph of homelessness to this point, this examine deals a strong clarification of its motives, proposes brief- and long term suggestions, and records the notable contrasts among the homeless of the Nineteen Fifties and Nineteen Sixties and the modern homeless inhabitants, that is more youthful and includes extra girls, kids, and blacks.
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Among the best of the partial count surveys was one conducted in 1985 in the downtown Skid Row area of Los Angeles (Farr, Koegal, and Burnham 1986). The researchers undertook a systematic sample of persons sleeping in sheiters, supplemented by samples of persons on food lines and in day shelters who did not use shelters for sleeping. " Other partial counts have been far less systematic. Brian Hall (Freeman and Hall I 986) interviewed people who looked as if they were homeless because of their dress, their behavior, or their use of food kitchens.
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