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This 8 page paper provides an example study on deviance in respect to the homeless. Several New York homeless are interviewed in this illustration of how information should be gathered. Examples of actual homeless situations are noted in a section which reports on relevant published materials. The actual situations are compared with the example interviews. Subcultural variables are discussed, and reasons for homelessness are noted. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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8 pages (~225 words per page)
File: RT13_SA007hom.rtf
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at the woman seated next to him and reach up her skirt, or start pissing on the rubber mats covering the floor, but he just swayed gracefully with the train"
(PG). It is true that people expect the homeless to be quite deviant, using trains and buses as bathrooms and spitting in their paths. Ordinary people expect the homeless
to smell, but there is a reason for that. Everyone who has taken a New York City subway has had the experience of sitting next to someone who has not
bathed, or laundered clothes, for quite some time. But is our stereotypes of the homeless true? Of course, stereotypes become so because there may be a grain of truth to
them. But Caragata says that stereotypes of the homeless are often not true (Caragata 24). This author, who published in a Canadian magazine, contends that about 20% of those living
in hostels are children and approximately one-third of them have psychological problems (24). Indeed, it is easier to slap on a mental illness label than to look at social causes,
but it is true that one who has not learned to live in the larger society often does get branded as mentally ill. What is mental illness anyway? It is
difficult to define, but certain behavior patterns which fit nicely into psychology manual descriptions, are deemed to be such. Thus, someone who wanders the streets, does not take good care
of themselves, and is likely depressed, will often fall into a mental illness category. At the same time, one has to wonder whether or not these people are dubbed mentally
ill because they are homeless, or are they homeless largely due to a psychological defect? In contemplating this question, original research is necessary. In setting out to explore this phenomenon,
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