Homeless: Policies, strategies and Lives on the Streets

by Gerald Daly

Book Overview

The causes of homelessness are disputed by both Right and Left. But, few would argue that life on the streets is anything other than dangerous and debilitating.
Unemployment, deinstitutionalisation, abuse in the home are among the stories the homeless tell. Voluntary organisations point to the failure of emergency shelters and food banks, the cut-backs in social programmes and the severe shortage of affordable housing. On the international...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415120292
• ISBN13: 9780415120296
• Release Date: August 1996
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"