Homeless Affiliation, Location, and Sender Address in Return of Lost Letters

Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 235-242

  Bridges, F Stephen ^a   Thompson, Paul C ^a   Coady, Neil P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Assistance (social behavior); Homeless; Homelessness; Public opinion; Urban environments

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035629759     PISSN: 10530789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016636723628     Document Type: Article

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