Chronic homelessness among working-age adults: Personal problems and public assistance

Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-69

  Morris, Joan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic homelessness; Compassion; Individualist ideology; Public assistance; Undeserving poor

Indexed keywords

EID: 21444453916     PISSN: 10530789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOSD.0000015189.92840.18     Document Type: Article

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