The Word On The Street : Homeless Men In Las Vegas / Kurt Borchard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Borchard, Kurt, 1968-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homeless men--Nevada--Las Vegas.

Homeless men.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvi, 241 p., [8] p. of plates ) ill., map ;

Place of Publication:

Reno, Nevada ; Las Vegas, [Nevada] : University of Nevada Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"In The Word on the Street, sociologist Kurt Borchard examines homelessness in Las Vegas from the perspectives of the city administration, the media, and especially of the men experiencing homelessness themselves. He shows how popular interpretations of homelessness as a personal problem are used to create social policy, and he records the experiences of men experiencing homelessness through interviews and conversations with them. Borchard's account offers a graphic, profoundly moving picture of life on Las Vegas's mean streets, depicting the strategies that men experiencing homelessness employ in order to survive, from the search for a safe place to sleep to the challenges of finding food, maintaining personal hygiene, and finding an acceptable place to rest during a long day on the street. He also elicits the men's own perceptions of the causes and consequences of homelessness, as well as their views on the city's homeless policies."--Jacket.

Contents:

Popular interpretations of homelessness

Talking to one homeless man in Las Vegas

Causes and consequences of homelessness

Homeless shelters and squatting on the strip

Other survival strategies

Crime, violence, and the police

Recent developments

The word on the street.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-232) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780874176377

0874176379

OCLC:

61153176