Homelessness - Book summary of Justin Healy
...ess' and what are the individual causes of their homelessness. The book is broken up into two different chapters. Chapter One dealt with the extend of and the causes of homelessness. The nature of homelessness and homeless persons living in Australia, The faces of the homeless, Welfare reports on the increasing number of the homeless and homeless myths. The first twenty pages of this chapter contained a vast variety of facts informative figures and revealing statistics. These facts, figures and statistics were very beneficial as it dealt directly with the topic of this research. Some facts published in this book that helped to prove this researches hypothesis included that ‘More people are assisted by other charitable, community based and church related organizations then are assisted by government organizations’. The second chapter of this book deals solely with Youth homelessness. It deals with the varying issues with child homelessness, street children, life on the streets, Living rough, the stories behind the numbers, recounts of parents with homeless children, Preventing crime and victimization among young homeless people and Youth homelessness: The big picture. This proved to be an interesting aspect that was easily incorporated into the research. On a whole the book dealt with what is the extent of 'hidden' homelessness, The profiles of people who are without safe and secure shelter are many and varied - abuse, mental illness, addiction. How do these life events led to a lack of shelter. Street kids – whether they were runaways or throwaways and how do the homeless access welfare services, housing and supported accommo...