Description: "Wright et al. have skillfully assembled a competent and readable introduction to the issue of homelessness in the US. Their firsthand involvement with various projects such as the New Orleans Homeless Substance Abusers Program, Health Care for the Homeless, and efforts during the 1990 census to count the homeless will also provide undergraduates with valuable examples of linkages between sociological theory and practice, and demonstrate how both are relevant to the creation of public policy... [I]t represents a solid background resource... General readers; upper-division undergraduates." --M. A. Olshan, Choice "[I]nformative and thought provoking... The book reads well and provides a good overview of the field." --Timothy P. Johnson, Journal of the American Planning Association "In this well-written, jargon-free book, Wright, Rubin, and Devine argue for the complexity of homelessness... Both the content and style of this book make an excellent instructive read for students, practitioners, and scholars alike. Each will find the book eye opening and the issues it raises troubling." --James W. Trent, Social Forces

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