Research Catalog

Title

Skid row : an introduction to disaffiliation / [by] Howard M. Bahr.

Author

Bahr, Howard M.

Publication

New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 1973.

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Details

Description

x, 335 pages : illustrations; 22 cm

Summary

Social research study of alcoholism, delinquency and other social problems associated with homelessness among poverty-stricken adults in the urban area slum areas of the USA - covers public attitudes about homeless men, the social characteristics of the homeless, the social structures of 'skid row', social control and rehabilitation, homeless women, etc. Illustrations and references.

Subject

• Tramps > United States
• Poor > United States
• Social isolation
• Skid row > United States
• Ill-Housed Persons
• Social Isolation
• Poor
• Skid row
• Social isolation
• Tramps
• Zwervers
• Armen (personen)
• Sociale isolatie
• social research
• alcoholism
• delinquency
• social problem
• poverty
• urban area
• social structure
• social control
• rehabilitation
• women
• recherche sociale
• alcoolisme
• délinquance
• problème social
• pauvreté
• zone urbaine
• structure sociale
• régulation sociale
• réadaptation
• femmes
• investigación sociológica
• alcoholismo
• delincuencia
• problema social
• pobreza
• zona urbana
• estructura social
• control social
• rehabilitación
• mujeres
• United States
• USA
• Etats-Unis
• Estados Unidos

Genre/Form

• illustration.
• reference.
• référence bibliographique.
• ilustración.
• referencia.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Introduction -- Homelessness, affiliation, and skid row -- Attitudes about homeless men -- Who's on skid row? -- The Social organization of skid row -- homeless women -- control and rehabilitation -- Closing thoughts and pressing questions.

ISBN

• 0195017129
• 9780195017120
• 0195017528
• 9780195017526

LCCN

73082660

OCLC

• ocm00746157
• 746157
• SCSB-301684

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library