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    Katiya Mountcastle February 14‚ 2012 Criminal Justice Frank Plunkett HATE CRIMES AGAINST THE HOMELESS In the past twelve years (1999-2010)‚ the National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH) has documented one thousand‚ one hundred eighty-four acts of violence against homeless individuals by housed perpetrators. These crimes are believed to be motivated by the perpetrators’ bias against homeless individuals or their ability to target homeless people with relative ease. The documented violence

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    with no roof over your head. This is the reality for over 22‚000 Aussies living in Victoria right now. I strongly believe that the Victorian government should be doing more about the growing homeless population in our state right now. The rate of homelessness has risen 20.7% since 2006 and if we don’t start doing something now that number is just going to keep growing. Firstly‚ let’s define homeless. Pretty much as you expect it means someone who doesn’t have a home and is living on the streets. This

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    In Homelessness Can Require Complex Solution by Kevin Corinth‚ talks about how there are many reasons for someone to end up homelessness other than not having a permanent home. Some reasons he points out are that some suffer from mental healthy‚ abuse drugs‚ and do not have enough money to pay the rent. He stresses that we need to focus on their mental health‚ abusing drugs and rent‚ in order to truly help someone get out of being homeless. He believes that the Housing First philosophy makes us think

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    March 16‚ 2013 Final Paper INTRODUCTION Over the last few decades homelessness has become an increasingly visible problem within the United States. According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development‚ we are now experiencing a period when extremely low-income housing needs are at an all-time high. While some communities are beginning to see reductions in chronic homelessness‚ in many communities family homelessness is exploding‚ and families with children are the fastest growing segment

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    ‘Are the homelessness taking over the streets’ On the 14th January in 2017 486 people were counted experiencing homelessness participated in a survey across the inner Sydney. They were found in the city’s crevices‚ beneath bridges and awnings‚ nestle into doorways. One in every 39 Australian children aged under four sleeps in a homeless shelter; half the people seeking crisis accommodation each day are turned away; two in three children are turned away; almost 80 per cent of families are turned

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    Homelessness in Santa Fe‚ New Mexico Name: Tutor: Institution: Course: Date: Contents Introduction According to Klein (2005)‚ local problems refer to the issues that impact on the society either positively or negatively. Klein (2005) provides that local issues often impact negatively on one group of individuals while at the same time impacting positively on another group of individuals on the society. Local problems affect a small group of individuals

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    Homelessness Homelessness is a far too familiar occurrence all around the world. Many homeless victims live in urban areas‚ however‚ homeless individuals can be found anywhere. Several people are affected by homelessness‚ and it is not something new. Individuals‚ and entire families can lose their home‚ and the effects can be devastating. There is often physical‚ mental and emotional fallout resulting from being homeless. Inclimate weather poses a large physical threat to people without shelter

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    Homelessness is a problem in many cities across the country. It challenges people to question not only the economic and political issues behind homelessness‚ but also the morality of the problem. Morality is what helps a person to distinguish between what is right and what is wrong. One tool people can use as a guide to determine morality is the Ten Building Blocks of Catholic Social Teaching. The blocks include ten principles that‚ when followed‚ lead to a moral life. Homelessness is a moral problem

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    The problem that is in my own back yard is the homeless in Indiana. Homeless is defined as “without a home”‚ “typically living on the streets.” There is many questions involving the homeless. How widespread is it? How bad is it? Who might help? How do they provide help? Can I or how would I help? Well I hope to answer all of these questions. The homeless problem is widespread‚ country-wide even‚ but I am going to focus on the problem in terms of Indiana. It is a problem for men and women‚ it is

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    Functionalist The functionalist perspective‚ also called functionalism‚ is one of the major theoretical perspectives in sociology. It has its origins in the works of Emile Durkheim‚ who was especially interested in how social order is possible or how society remains relatively stable. Functionalism interprets each part of society in terms of how it contributes to the stability of the whole society. Society is more than the sum of its parts; rather‚ each part of society is functional for the stability

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