▪ Abstract This review presents a critique of the academic and welfare literature on street
children in develo** countries, with supporting evidence from studies of homelessness in …

The present paper uses a social selection and social adaptation framework to investigate
whether problematic substance use normally precedes or follows homelessness. Clarifying …

BACKGROUND: Homeless people have complex health care needs, and they have difficulty
accessing and utilising health services appropriately. These factors are associated with …

This report has been a cooperative venture between researchers at RMIT and Swinburne
Universities, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and the Australian Institute of Health …

This paper examines couch surfing as a form of youth homelessness. The focus is on
adolescents who do not have support from parental homes and who frequently move from …

The present article considers the malleability of the concept of social exclusion as a tool of
policy analysis and intervention in relation to homelessness. The article uses Foucauldian …

This paper examines the long-run employment consequences of experiencing
homelessness in childhood rather than later in life. We use novel panel data that link survey …

It is believed that in Australia one in five people suffer a significant mental disorder, with
most of these people living and working with little difficulty (Robinson, 2001: 5). It has also …

Welcome to A Practical Introduction to Survey Design. There are many good texts that cover
surveys, but few that promote an in-depth understanding of the key contexts and …

Homelessness is an increasingly prevalent social problem with devastating consequences.
Yet homelessness causality literature is characterised by confusion due to a diversity of …