Homeless in Las Vegas
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Homeless in Las Vegas

Stories from the Street

Kurt Borchard

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Homeless in Las Vegas

Stories from the Street

Kurt Borchard

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The homeless men and women represented in this book speak candidly about their plight, its origins, and the many obstacles to escaping it. They discuss the unique challenges and opportunities that Las Vegas's focus on tourism, indulgence, and diversion offers its homeless residents. This compelling and emotionally charged ethnography counters many of the stereotypes of homeless men and women, revealing the remarkable diversity of their circumstances. It also offers their perspectives on social services and civic attitudes toward homelessness.

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Year
2011
ISBN
9780874178395

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abeyance theory, 91, 148ā€“49
abstinence-only alcohol interventions, 95ā€“96
African Americans: homeless men (see homeless African American men); homeless women, 85ā€“86; issues of opportunity and inequality, 53ā€“54; social support and, 54
Albuquerque (N.Mex.), 214, 215
alcohol: homeless people and, 42ā€“43, 55; Kevinā€™s story, 65, 68, 70; Las Vegas and, 95
alcoholism: Alaskaā€™s story, 86ā€“94; Bruceā€™s story, 75ā€“85, 86, 87; interventions for the homeless, 55, 88, 91, 95ā€“96
American Civil Liberties Union, 218
American Dream, 20, 21
ā€œamnesty,ā€ 137ā€“38
anti-narratives, 20ā€“21
Aryan Brotherhood, 62, 72
Assertive Community Treatment program, 88
Ayres, Nathaniel, 103
Barr, Murray, 96
bartering, 175
Beeson, Ty, 4
boosting. See shoplifting
Bowling Alone (Putnam & Feldstein), 200
Bryson, E. Brent, 218
Bubeck, Zachary, 6ā€“7
Bumfights (video), 4ā€“7, 100
ā€œbums,ā€ 28
bureaucracy: ā€œiron cageā€ of, 135
bus passes, 158
Cambridge Community Center, 175
camps. see homeless camps and communities
Canada, Geoffrey, 54
Cashman Center, 138
Catholic Charities, 138ā€“39, 147
cell phones, 188, 189
charities: approaches to homelessness, 3ā€“4; principle of ā€œless eligibilityā€ and, 27, 81; principle of residual social welfare and, 25; views of the homeless on, 116, 117, 119
child molesters, 72ā€“73
cigarettes, 160, 193
Circle Park. See Huntridge Circle Park
clothing, 45ā€“46, 174, 175
College Park Baptist Church, 140
community health programs, 112
community mental health systems, 101, 102, 120
computers, 11, 12, 173
Continuum of Care (CoC), 78, 88, 119
crack cocaine, 83, 97, 98
Davidson, Larry, 101
Davis, Angela, 167
day labor, 58ā€“59, 142ā€“43, 155. See also employment
day labor halls, 142ā€“43
deinstitutionalization movement, 101, 118
distraction, 20ā€“21
Dos Passos, John, 10
Downtown Transportation Center, 34ā€“35, 70
drug addicts: Bruceā€™s comments on, 77ā€“78, 79, 83; crack cocaine, 83, 97, 98; Garyā€™s story, 121ā€“35; harm reduction treatment, 136; in homeless camps, 77ā€“78; i...

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