Recovering from homelessness: Determining the "quality of sobriety" in a transitional housing program

Qualitative Sociology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 7-32

  Dordick, Gwendolyn A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Homelessness; Housing policy; Recovery; Sobriety

Indexed keywords

EID: 23944476421     PISSN: 01620436     EISSN: 15737837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014331106267     Document Type: Article

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