Criminalization of Homelessness Nerrissa Seuberth Poverty To Homelessness
Criminalization of Homelessness Nerrissa Seuberth
Poverty To Homelessness
Housing Is The First To Go • According to the National Coalition for the Homeless, housing is usually the first resource to be lost, due to the high cost of renting or owning a home (2014).
Assumptions Of Homelessness LAZY CRIMINALS
Prevalence of Homelessness
Mental Health & Homelessness • Twenty to twenty-five percent of the United States population of homeless individuals struggle with severe mental illness (National Coalition for the Homeless, 2014). • “While mental illness does cause people to fail at independent living, it should be treated rather than feared” (Shay, 2015).
Criminalizing Behaviors Of Survival
House Keys Not Handcuffs!
References • Coalition for the Homeless. (2014). What are the contributing factors to homelessness in the Houston, Harris/Fort Bend County area? | Coalition. Retrieved from http: //www. homelesshouston. org/coalition-faq/what-are-thecontributing-factors-to-homelessness-in-the-houston-harrisfort-bend-county-area/ • Gershon, D. H. (2003, February). STUNNING: When a Single Image Cuts to the Core of an American Injustice. Retrieved from http: //www. dailykos. com/story/2012/02/04/1061611/-STUNNING-When-a-Single. Image-Cuts-to-the-Core-of-an-American-Injustice • National Coalition for the Homeless. (2014). National Coalition for the Homeless The National Coalition for the Homeless - National Coalition for the Homeless. Retrieved from http: //www. nationalhomeless. org • Nursing 322. (2010, May). Spotlight on the homeless population. Retrieved from https: //nursing 322 sp 10. wordpress. com/spotlight-on-the-homeless-population/ • Shay, K. (2015). Common stereotypes and misconceptions about homeless people. Retrieved from http: //kylyssa. hubpages. com/hub/homelessness-mythsmisconceptions • Western Regional Advocacy Project. (2014). WRAP: Western Regional Advocacy Project : : Home. Retrieved from http: //wraphome. org/
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