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The homeless
- Title
- The homeless / Christopher Jencks.
- Author
- Jencks, Christopher.
- Publication
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1994.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | HV4505 .J46 1994 | Off-site |
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- Description
- viii, 161 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-161).
- Contents
- The Numbers. 1. Counting the Homeless. 2. Estimating the Increase -- Promising Explanations. 3. Empowering the Back Wards. 4. The Crack Epidemic. 5. Jobs and Marriage. 6. The Destruction of Skid Row -- Less-Promising Explanations. 7. Social Skills and Family Ties. 8. Changes in the Housing Market. 9. Budget Cuts and Rent Control -- Reversing the Trend. 10. Do Shelters Cause Homelessness? 11. Some Partial Solutions -- Appendix 1: Derivation of Tables 1 and 2 -- Appendix 2: Supplementary Tables.
- ISBN
- 0674405951 (acid-free paper) :
- LCCN
- 93046424
- OCLC
- ocm29600901
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries