The homeless - Jencks, Christopher (Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1995)
Counting the homeless -- Estimating the increase -- Emptying the back wards -- The crack epidemic -- Jobs and marriage -- The destruction of skid row -- Social skills and family ties -- Changes in the housing market -- Budget cuts and rent control -- Do shelters cause homelessness? -- Some partial solutions.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-161).
Keywords: Homelessness -- United States; Homelessness -- Government policy -- United States; Homelessness; United States; Sans-abri; Sans-abri -- Politique gouvernementale