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Responding to the Homeless: Policy and Practice is largely a
product of a unique collaboration between Russell K. Schutt and
Gerald R. Garrett and their Boston community. As such, it offers a
rich perspective on the problem of homelessness that is derived
from the authors' shared experience with researchers, academics,
students, providers, policymakers, and homeless persons themselves.
Schutt and Garrett take the reader into the shelters and acquaint
him or her with the philosophical and practical dilemmas facing
line workers as well as policymakers. They also take the reader
into the community to better understand the housing market and the
dysfunctional continuities among shelter, housing, treatment, and
social supports. There are sensitive discussions of the salient
health problems that too commonly touch the lives of homeless
individuals, such as substance abuse and AIDS. The volume also
includes clear descriptions of the sometimes elusive processes of
counseling and case management for homeless individuals. The
sidebars of "what to do" and "what not to do" contain useful
information that will both inform and empower individuals who are
working on the front lines, and inspire and prepare future
caregivers. While the eminently readable organization and style of
the book are sugges tive of a highly practical handbook on the
basics of homelessness, the authors and their contributors have
also produced a scholarly volume that is replete with current
research findings, programs descriptions, case studies, and
vignettes."
Responding to the Homeless: Policy and Practice is largely a
product of a unique collaboration between Russell K. Schutt and
Gerald R. Garrett and their Boston community. As such, it offers a
rich perspective on the problem of homelessness that is derived
from the authors' shared experience with researchers, academics,
students, providers, policymakers, and homeless persons themselves.
Schutt and Garrett take the reader into the shelters and acquaint
him or her with the philosophical and practical dilemmas facing
line workers as well as policymakers. They also take the reader
into the community to better understand the housing market and the
dysfunctional continuities among shelter, housing, treatment, and
social supports. There are sensitive discussions of the salient
health problems that too commonly touch the lives of homeless
individuals, such as substance abuse and AIDS. The volume also
includes clear descriptions of the sometimes elusive processes of
counseling and case management for homeless individuals. The
sidebars of "what to do" and "what not to do" contain useful
information that will both inform and empower individuals who are
working on the front lines, and inspire and prepare future
caregivers. While the eminently readable organization and style of
the book are sugges tive of a highly practical handbook on the
basics of homelessness, the authors and their contributors have
also produced a scholarly volume that is replete with current
research findings, programs descriptions, case studies, and
vignettes."
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