Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-231) and index.
Contents
The homeless : what are the issues? what are the controversies? -- Counting the homeless -- Why the homeless can't be counted -- Poverty, housing, and homelessness -- Families and family estrangement -- Mental illness and substance abuse -- Why alcohol and drug treatment is not the solution -- Health and health status -- Outside American cities : rural and European homelessness -- Street children in North and Latin America -- Homelessness in the twenty-first century.
