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Homelessness in the United States: Volume II: Data and Issues de Jamshid A. Momeni

Homelessness in the United States: Volume II: Data and Issues: Controversies in Science

Editat de Jamshid A. Momeni
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This is the second of Momeni's two-volume series on homelessness in the United States. While volume I concentrated on the statewide distribution, variations, trends, and characteristics of the homeless population, the present volume addresses the problem of data collection and specific causes and issues that relate to homelessness. Unique in its attempt to bring systematic data and analysis to bear on the subject, this groundbreaking study focuses upon such critical areas as drug abuse among the homeless, the housing situation that gives rise to homelessness, homeless children, food sources, and problems of employment. Although the contributors approach the topic from a number of different perspectives, they are united in their conclusion that realistic solutions to the problem of homelessness rest not in establishing new and dramatic programs, but rather in forging links between government and private agencies to create a system-wide response to the multiple needs of the homeless population.In addition to exploring the serious and persistent problems homeless people face, the contributors highlight the difficulties inherent in measuring the extent of homelessness accurately, concluding that efforts to do so are likely to produce an undercount. A number of chapters provide a clearer picture of the homeless population in America by examining both the socioeconomic and demographic correlates and the social-psychiatric dimensions of homelessness. Finally, the contributors compare and contrast the characteristics of homelessness and the methods of dealing with the problem in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain. Two concluding essays provide an overview of homelessness on the national level and propose public policies likely to be most effective in reducing homelessness. Numerous tables and figures illustrate points made in the text. Students of social sciences, social practitioners, and public policymakers will find Homelessness in America provocative reading, and a reliable source of data and analysis.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780313267925
ISBN-10: 0313267928
Pagini: 216
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.49 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Praeger
Seria Controversies in Science

Locul publicării:New York, United States

Notă biografică

JAMSHID A. MOMENI is Professor of Sociology/Anthropology at Howard University. He is the editor of Homelessness in the United States, Volume I (1989), Race, Ethnicity, and Minority Housing in the United States (1986), the author of Housing and Racial/Ethnic Minority Status in the United States (1987), and many other books and journal articles.

Cuprins

Foreword by Gerald R. GarrettPreface by Jamshid A. MomeniIntroduction by Barrett A. LeeCounting the Homeless by Richard AppelbaumA Sociodemographic Profile of the Service-Using Homeless: Findings from a National Survey by Martha R. Burt and Barbara E. CohenFood Sources and Intake of Homeless Persons by Barbara E. Cohen and Martha R. BurtDrug Abuse Among the Homeless People by Norweeta G. MilburnHomelessness as a Long-Term Housing Problem in America by Elizabeth D. HuttmanA Social-Psychiatric Perspective on Homelessness: Results from a Pittsburgh Study by Jeffrey C. Wilson and Anthony C. KouziSweat and Blood: Sources of Income on a Southern Skid Row by R. Bruce WiegandHomeless Children and Their Caretakers by Sonjia Parker Redmond and Joan BrackmannPrograms Dealing with Homelessness in the United States, Canada, and Britain by Gerald DalyPublic Policies for Reducing Homelessness in America by Terry F. BussNo Place to Go: A National Picture of Homelessness in America by Jamshid A. MomeniSelected BibliographyIndex

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The essays in this volume attempt to answer some of the basic questions involved in the study of homelessness. They address such issues as the nature and extent of homelessness in the United States, the socioeconomic and demographic features of the homeless population, and how homelessness is conceptualized. Other examined matters include family background, duration of homelessness, shelter and social needs, socioeconomic causes, and the demands of the homeless issue on national policy. This work provides a unique sociological and demographic perspective on the problems of homelessness. Its emphasis on local and state-level studies will make it invaluable for civic groups and policy makers. It will also interest scholars in the fields of housing, urban sociology, and social problems.

Recenzii

«Chapters in this work describe and analyze homelessness in 15 states, drawn from all geographic regions of the US. The diversity of survey locations reveals a variety of forces contributing to homelessness. There are frequent efforts to situate the problem within the sociopolitical context of the 1980s. An occasional chapter contains rich theoretical commentary. Every entry offers demographic description; many chapters offer policy prescriptions. Because each chapter is written by different analysts, the obligatory critiques of ambiguous definitions and flawed methodologies tend to recur. These are instructive lessons for homelessness research, but their repetition is tedious. Indeed, the succession of chapters in nearly identical format, albeit with changing data and discussion, makes the reading dry compared, for example, to Jonathan Kozel's Rachel and Her Children (1988). However, the scope of the findings is compelling, and the contradiction of stereotypes is effective. Although reliance on chapter subheadings seriously weakens the index, libraries serving undergraduate students and above should consider this a solid contribution to social science holdings.“”Choice
«This volume (1 of 2 projected) reads and holds together well even though each of the 14 chapters was written by a different individual or group, covers a different section of the country, uses different types of data sources and analytical methods, and evidences differing perspectives. All essays focus on definition by quality and quantity of the contemporary homeless in the United States; all offer suggested palliatives. An excellent foreword and introduction (Bruce Weigand, Howard M. Bahr) put everything in context: the overriding necessity for the continued use of a careful social science methodology to gain understanding of the causes and magnitude of this complex national and local, social and individual, political and economic problem. Highly recommended to academics, professionals, and interested laypersons.“”Library Journal
«The homeless population of the United States is becoming increasingly visible not only in terms of the media, but in the realm of everyday life. This is the first of two books which focus on the homeless population, and is a compilation of work by leading researchers who study this special population. This volume quantifies homelessness in thirteen states and one region in the U.S. The authors present statistics describing demographics of the homeless, allowing the editor to conclude that this population is misunderstood by the majority of Americans. He explains that the goal of this book, and the subsequent volume, are to increase awareness of the value of the homeless, especially in the eyes of policymakers.“”Journal of Planning Literature
«Attention is focused here on the statewide distribution, variations, trends, and characteristic of homelessness in America--a major and growing socioeconomic and health problem. Data presented in the text show that on the average only about 25%-30% of the homeless actually suffer any varying degrees of mental illness (in some instances a consequence of homelessness itself). The remaining 75;pc are perfectly normal, average people, including young and innocent children, the elderly, family members, and victims of eviction and family violence, who have suddenly and without warning fallen into the lowest social stratum. Also documented here is the fact that a considerable segment of the population is "homeless-vulnerable," not at all fitting the mentally ill stereotype. In any event, irrespective of the cause--mental illness or other--the homeless should be perceived from a sociological perspective. Such a perspective views them as a social group worthy of all rights and privileges of membership in the society, and entitled to respectable treatment by the society at large.“”Sage Urban Studies Abstracts
«This book represents a noteworthy advance over most of the existing literature on homelessness. In the area of inquiry marked by a multitude of local studies and innumerable bureaucractic reports, a field of study in which systematic attention to the regional or national context is notably lacking, Professor Momeni aims to correlate, to integrate, via state-by-state assessment of contemporary homelessness.“”Howard M. Bahr