The Journal of Social Issues

Vol. 46 No. 4 1990

Urban Homelessness

Issue Editors: Marybeth Shinn and Beth C. Weitzman

History and Scope

Research on homelessness: An introduction 1
Marybeth Shinn and Beth C. Weitzman

Public Shelter as a “hybrid institution”: Homeless men in historical perspective 13
Kim Hopper

Homelessness: The extent of the problem 31
William R. Breakey and Pamela J. Fischer

Health and Mental Health

Poor people, poor health: The health status of the homeless 49
James D. Wright

Physical health status, substance use and abuse, and mental disorders among homeless adults 65
Elmer L. Struening and Deborah K. Padgett

Subsistence adaptation among homeless adults in the inner city of Los Angeles 83
Paul Koegel, M. Audrey Burnam, and Rodger K. Farr

Constantly compromised: The impact of homelessness on children 109
Janice M. Molnar, William R. Rath, and Tovah Pl. Klein

Dynamics of Homelessness

Pathways to homelessness among New York City Families 125
Beth C. Weitzman, James R. Knickman, and Marybeth Shinn

Disaffiliation to entrenchment: A model for understanding homelessness 141
Charles Grigsby, Donald Baumann, Steven E. Gregorich, and Cynthia Roberts-Gray

Toward a longitudinal analysis of homelessness 157
Michael Sosin, Irving Piliavin, and Herb Westerfelt

Social Policy

Alternative models for sheltering homeless families 175
Marybeth Shinn, James R. Knickman, David Ward, Nancy Lynn Petrovic, and Barbara J. Muth

Family homelessness: A systemic problem 191
Kay Young McChesney

Social policy and social science research on homelessness 207
Gary L. Blasi