Homelessness in the US and Germany: A Cross-National Analysis

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 240-257

  Tompsett, Carolyn J ^a   Toro, Paul A ^a   Guzicki, Melissa ^a   Schlienz, Natascha ^b   Blume, Marc ^c   Lombard, Sylvie ^d  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Department of Psychology ^*  (Switzerland)

^d OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Homelessness; Knowledge; Public opinion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037838921     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.724     Document Type: Review

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