| Description |
1 online resource (122 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps. |
| Series |
Issues that concern you |
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Gale eBooks
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Issues that concern you.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
An overview of homelessness -- Tent cities can help solve the homelessness problem -- Housing first approaches are the best solution to homelessness -- Housing first approaches are not a long-term solution to homelessness -- Giving money to panhandlers helps the chronically homeless -- Giving money to panhandlers does not help the chronically homelessness -- More than positive thinking is needed to deal with homelessness -- Homeless people need compassion and empathy -- Blind compassion does not help the homeless -- Some homeless people are taking advantage of supoprt systems -- Promoting access to technology can help the homeless -- Homelessness has a serious impact on families and children -- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender homeless youth face special challenges -- It is important to speak out about homelessness -- A homeless teen talks about her experience. |
| Summary |
Explores the issues surrounding homelessness. Presents diversity of opinion on the topic, including both conservative and liberal points of view in an even balance. |
| Subject |
Homelessness -- United States.
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Homeless persons -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Gillard, Arthur, editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Homelessness. Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2012 9780737756944 (DLC) 2011041396 |
| ISBN |
9780737765250 (electronic book) |
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9780737756944 (hardcover) |
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