Homelessness Thesis
HES
Republic of the Philippines
Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Muntinlupa
COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
NBP Reservation Poblacion, Muntinlupa City
INTRODUCTION
Homelessness is a critical issue that requires everyone’s attention. Hundreds of thousands of homeless people live on the streets as their shelter. Historically, homelessness has always been a problem in society. Homeless people were known as “the wondering poor”, “sturdy beggars”, and as “vagrants,” but it was not until the late 18th century that homelessness because noticeable to society. Homeless person is anyone who lacks adequate shelter, resources, and community ties. People who are homeless can be categorized as chronic deinstitutionalized or temporary homeless. The chronic homeless are more or less persons who are permanently homeless without a fixed home and the most visible of the homeless population in the streets and shelters. The homeless also face persistent loss and constant thread of harm. The other spends more time in the jail than their poor counterparts. Homelessness became an issue of discussion among mass media, scholars and policy makers and the public in general.
The lack of affordable housing and poverty has been one of the leading causes of homeless and it results from a number of factors some of which includes a lack of
Republic of the Philippines
Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Muntinlupa
COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
NBP Reservation Poblacion, Muntinlupa City
education, unemployment, extremely low wages, drug addiction, races, and mental health problems and disorders. Some homeless people turn to crime because for them it’s a way of escaping their situation and they’re also victims of violent, crimes and lack needed medical care. Their situation puts them at a risk of sexual exploitation, child prostitution, and use of illegal drugs, execution of street people and the aspects in health problem. This untoward acts as a barrier to them for having peaceful home,
Republic of the Philippines
Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Muntinlupa
COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
NBP Reservation Poblacion, Muntinlupa City
INTRODUCTION
Homelessness is a critical issue that requires everyone’s attention. Hundreds of thousands of homeless people live on the streets as their shelter. Historically, homelessness has always been a problem in society. Homeless people were known as “the wondering poor”, “sturdy beggars”, and as “vagrants,” but it was not until the late 18th century that homelessness because noticeable to society. Homeless person is anyone who lacks adequate shelter, resources, and community ties. People who are homeless can be categorized as chronic deinstitutionalized or temporary homeless. The chronic homeless are more or less persons who are permanently homeless without a fixed home and the most visible of the homeless population in the streets and shelters. The homeless also face persistent loss and constant thread of harm. The other spends more time in the jail than their poor counterparts. Homelessness became an issue of discussion among mass media, scholars and policy makers and the public in general.
The lack of affordable housing and poverty has been one of the leading causes of homeless and it results from a number of factors some of which includes a lack of
Republic of the Philippines
Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Muntinlupa
COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
NBP Reservation Poblacion, Muntinlupa City
education, unemployment, extremely low wages, drug addiction, races, and mental health problems and disorders. Some homeless people turn to crime because for them it’s a way of escaping their situation and they’re also victims of violent, crimes and lack needed medical care. Their situation puts them at a risk of sexual exploitation, child prostitution, and use of illegal drugs, execution of street people and the aspects in health problem. This untoward acts as a barrier to them for having peaceful home,
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