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Address unknown: Homelessness in contemporary America

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  • Rossi, Peter et al. “The Urban Homeless: Estimating Composition and Size.”Science 235:4794 (1987).

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  • Rossi, Peter, and Wright, James. “The Determinants of Homelessness.”Health Affairs 6:1 (1987).

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  • U.S. GAO.Homelessness: A Complex Problem and the Federal Response. Washington DC: General Accounting Office, 1985.

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  1. the department of sociology at Tulane University, USA

    James D. Wright (the Charles and Leo Favrot professor of human relations)

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He has written thirteen books, including The State of the Masseswith Richard Hamilton; Under the Gun,with Peter Rossi and Kathleen Daly; and most recently, Homelessness and Health,with Dee Weber, and Address Unknown.

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Wright, J.D. Address unknown: Homelessness in contemporary America. Soc 26, 45–53 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02700239

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