Publisher's Synopsis
REFUGEES IN MODERN DAY AMERICA, SKID ROW U.S.A., True Stories
The homeless are everywhere. Even Alaska has a homeless population. This book takes you front and center to the important issues with which our country is dealing: mental illness, drug addictions, criminal behaviors, as well as those who have become homeless because of an unanticipated event. Senior citizens, in this regard, are rapidly forming this new wave within our homeless population. The book's general focus is on skid row Los Angeles, the most heavily impacted skid row within our nation, but the problems presented here are also representative of other skid row populations. Some of these people have been homeless for over 30 years. The good news is that a few have been able to change from criminality and drug addictions to becoming exemplary citizens. Changes such as this can be done and these most special individuals explain how they were able to achieve this.
As you read these true stories you will find it hard to comprehend that some people choose to live this way. The question with which we are now dealing, however, is what can we do to successfully get the homeless off the streets and reintegrated back into society. In order to accomplish this it will take a thorough understanding as to why this person's homelessness has occurred in the first place. In this process will also be provided with a global analysis that includes political, economic, psychological and sociological concomitants that have helped to create our current national homeless population of more than 500,000 people. And lastly, recommendations will be presented which address the many issues involved. But if we are committed and work together it will become clear that we as a nation can successfully deal with many of these problems and get the vast majority of the homeless off the streets.
