Beyond Homelessness : Frames Of Reference

Features interviews with nine individuals who discuss the factors that contribute to homelessness. Homelessness is a haunting social problem that has, by all definitions, outgrown society's conventional solutions. Through their interviews with nine knowledgeable observers who range across the humanities, social and medical sciences, and human services, Giamo and Grunberg examines the nature and conditions of this ongoing crisis. No longer contained by traditional urban skid rows or state mental hospitals, homeless individuals now confront'normal'society face to face—and this'normal'society is at a loss for how to respond. The enormity of the problem has resulted in a stagnation of viable ideas, creating an industry with an endless litany of root cause and quick fix. But as these dialogues point out, there is no one root cause for the fact of homelessness. These timely, penetrating exhanges challenge established misconceptions of this problem. Interviews with nine knowledgeable and socially engaged individuals attempt to break down and analyze the contributing factors to a crisis that has seemingly outgrown conventional solutions. Interviews with nine observers from the humanities, social and medical sciences, and human services examine the nature and conditions of this ongoing crisis