Down and Out in America
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Down and Out in America

The Origins of Homelessness

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Down and Out in America

The Origins of Homelessness

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The most accurate and comprehensive picture of homelessness to date, this study offers a powerful explanation of its causes, proposes short- and long-term solutions, and documents the striking contrasts between the homeless of the 1950s and 1960s and the contemporary homeless population, which is younger and contains more women, children, and blacks.

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Index
AFDC benefit change, 190–91, 207–8
AFDC clients. See also Chicago AFDC Study
—age, 120–21
—alcoholism, 157–58
—depression, 151–52
—education, 127–28
—gender, 118–19
—marital status, 129–30
—race and ethnicity, 122–26
Anderson, L., 219
Anderson, N., 21, 22, 239
Annual Housing Survey, 182
Anthony, J. C., 215
Bach, V., 36, 239
Bahr, H. M., 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 38, 39, 120, 145, 166, 206, 239
Baker, S. G., 219
Bauman, D. J., 213
Baxter, E., 8, 239
Bean, J., 219
Beauvais, C., 213
Berk, R. A., 201, 241
Blumberg, L., 28, 30, 31, 38, 40, 239
Bogat, A., 220
Bogue, D. J., 10, 28–33, 40, 120, 145, 183, 206, 239
Boston, homeless in, 56–57, 65
Boston Emergency Shelter Commission, 57, 65, 239
Bowery, 27–32, 38, 120
Breakey, W. R., 215
Brown, C., 213
Buffalo Transient Center, 23–25
Burdell, E. L., 220
Bureau of Labor Statistics, 72
Burnham, A., 55, 184, 214, 240
California Department of Housing and Community Development, 54, 239
Callahan v. Carey, 35
Calsyn, R. J., 216
Caplow, T., 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 38, 120, 145, 206, 239
Capture-recapture estimation, 237
Caton, C. W., 219
Census, 37, 242
—“casual count,” 55, 68
—plans for 1990, 37, 55
CESD scale, 147–50
Chaiklin, H., 214
Chicago
—homeless in, 58, 62–65
—Planning Department, 60, 182, 239
—Police Department, 59
Chicago AFDC Study, 86, 221
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, 60, 214
Chicago General Assistance Study, 85, 220
Chicago Homeless Study, 10...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Copyright
  3. Title Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. One. On the Bottom and Out on the Fringe
  8. Two. The New Homeless and the Old
  9. Three. Counting the Homeless and the Extremely Poor
  10. Four. The Condition of the Homeless and the Extremely Poor: Location and Economic Circumstances
  11. Five. The Demography of Homelessness and Extreme Poverty
  12. Six. Vulnerability to Homelessness
  13. Seven. Why We Have Homelessness and Extreme Poverty and What to Do about Them
  14. Appendix A. Annotated Bibliography of the Combined Homeless Studies and Studies on the Extremely Poor
  15. Appendix B. The Design of the Chicago Homeless Study
  16. References
  17. Notes
  18. Index