American Homelessness: A Reference Handbook

By Mary Ellen Hombs

Book Overview

Revised

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1576072479
• ISBN13: 9781576072479
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: ABC-CLIO, LLC
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

An informative survey of homelessness in the United States

An important part of the ABC-CLIO "Contemporary World Issues" series, American Homelessness: A Reference Handbook offers an informative survey of homelessness in the United States since 1980, as well as federal, state, and municipal efforts to solve this persistent and growing problem. Now in an updated and expanded third edition (fifty percent of the material is new), all of the pertinent laws regulating homeless people in public places are covered, as well as the results of federal funding, along with housing, health issues, and state policies affecting the homeless. An essential, core reference for academic, governmental, advocacy organization, and community library reference collections, American Homelessness also offers a series of insights into homelessness in Western Europe, Canada, and Australia.