NCJ Number
167769
Editor(s)
M L Forst
Date Published
1997
Length
247 pages
Annotation
This volume attempts to give law enforcement management and staff guidance to meet the challenge of homelessness in their communities.
Abstract
The book provides an overview of the problem of homelessness, a review of current legal issues, a description of successful partnerships with social service programs, and a model public-private partnership. Individual chapters address the following topics: (1) historical perspectives on homelessness; (2) new municipal ordinances regulating homeless people; (3) the double-edged sword of advocacy for the homeless; (4) police as the forgotten service provider; (5) compassionate enforcement of regulations concerning the homeless; (6) San Francisco's Matrix Program; (7) domestic violence and homelessness; (8) effective response to the homeless mentally ill; (9) the use of sanctions to solve family problems; (10) the homeless in transit facilities; (11) homelessness and the police in Phoenix; (12) Baltimore's Project Connect; and (13) the Portland model of public-private partnerships. Notes, tables, index