The Social Ecology of Homelessness: Exploring the Dynamics of Engagement among Homeless Street Adults

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 53-74

  Jones, Brian T ^a  

^a Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis   (United States)

Author keywords

engagement; environmental perception; Homeless; homeless ecology; homelessness; interaction; interaction strategies; person environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872405976     PISSN: 10911359     EISSN: 15403556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10911359.2012.739532     Document Type: Article

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