TY - JOUR
T1 - Research on Homelessness
T2 - An Introduction
AU - Shinn, Marybeth
AU - Weitzman, Beth C.
PY - 1990
Y1 - 1990
N2 - Research on homelessness has tended to focus on problems of homeless individuals, sometimes diverting attention from underlying causes and reinforcing stereotypes about the population. A more comprehensive model of homelessness would include factors at the levels of individuals, social groups, and the socioeconomic context that contribute to homelessness. Papers in this issue investigate key factors at each of these levels. They consider the scope of homelessness and the history of society's responses, individual problems as both consequences and causes of homelessness, dynamics of entry to and exits from homelessness, and pertinent social policy at both micro‐ and macrolevels. 1990 The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
AB - Research on homelessness has tended to focus on problems of homeless individuals, sometimes diverting attention from underlying causes and reinforcing stereotypes about the population. A more comprehensive model of homelessness would include factors at the levels of individuals, social groups, and the socioeconomic context that contribute to homelessness. Papers in this issue investigate key factors at each of these levels. They consider the scope of homelessness and the history of society's responses, individual problems as both consequences and causes of homelessness, dynamics of entry to and exits from homelessness, and pertinent social policy at both micro‐ and macrolevels. 1990 The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1990.tb01795.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1990.tb01795.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84979376517
SN - 0022-4537
VL - 46
SP - 1
EP - 11
JO - Journal of Social Issues
JF - Journal of Social Issues
IS - 4
ER -