Refusal, social exclusion and the cycle of rejection: A cynical analysis?

Critical Social Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 529-549

  Scanlon, Christopher ^a   Adlam, John ^b  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Henderson Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dangerousness; Diogenes; Disorder; Groupishness; Homelessness

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; HOMELESSNESS; PHILOSOPHY; POLICY MAKING; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL EXCLUSION;

DIOGENES;

EID: 53349097272     PISSN: 02610183     EISSN: 1461703X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261018308095301     Document Type: Conference Paper

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