Homeless /
by Christopher Jencks
- Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1995.
- viii, 161 p.
1. Counting the Homeless -- 2. Estimating the Increase Promising Explanations -- 3. Emptying the Back Wards -- 4. The Crock Epidemic S. Jobs and Marriage -- 6. The Destruction of Skid Row Less-Promising Explanations -- 7. Social Skills and Family Ties -- 8. Changes in the Housing Market -- 9. Budget Cuts and Rent Control Reversing the Trend -- 10. Do Shelters Cause Homelessness? -- 11. Some Partial Solutions