Hard Lives, Mean Streets: Violence in the Lives of Homeless Women

by Jana L. Jasinski, James Wright, Jennifer Wesely, et al.

Book Overview

Although homelessness is a serious social problem in the United States, there is little direct information about the actual experiences of violence, past and current, among homeless people. This volume, based on the Florida Four-City Study, brings together interview material from 737 women, including structured quantitative interviews as well as in-depth qualitative interviews. The authors investigate how many homeless women have experienced violence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555537219
• ISBN13: 9781555537210
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Northeastern University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.0"