The Homeless

by Christopher Jencks

Book Overview

How widespread is homelessness, how did it happen, and what can be done about it? These are the questions explored by Christopher Jencks, America's foremost analyst of social problems. Jencks examines... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067440596X
• Release Date: March 1995
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 4.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.4" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

The best work on the subject

Jencks is one of the best sociologists in the world. He is a liberal, but you would not know it from this work (not that this work is 'conservative'). Here what you get is concise, well investigated and well written social science by one of the best. Jencks calmly demolishes myths about the homeless, and then walks through the various causal explanations offered by the right and left. Where he finds support he publishes it, and thats a lot considering the politicized nature of much social science. This book, though dated now, would be essential reading for those who want to understand or help the homeless in the U.S.. What really impresses me about his work is his humility about what social science does and can do while demonstrating its merits through his analysis.