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Author
Title
The homeless / Christopher Jencks.
Published
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1994.
Call Number
HV4505 .J46 1994
ISBN
0674405951 (alk. paper)
Description
viii, 161 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)29600901
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [143]-161).
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Table of Contents
The Numbers
1Counting the Homeless
1
2Estimating the Increase
8
Promising Explanations
3Empowering the Back Wards
21
4The Crack Epidemic
41
5Jobs and Marriage
49
6The Destruction of Skid Row
61
Less-Promising Explanations
7Social Skills and Family Ties
75
8Changes in the Housing Market
81
9Budget Cuts and Rent Control
94
Reversing the Trend
10Do Shelters Cause Homelessness?
103
11Some Partial Solutions
107
Appendix 1: Derivation of Tables 1 and 2
125
Appendix 2: Supplementary Tables
138
Notes
143