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The Medicalization of Homelessness and the Theater of Repression
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Mathieu, Arline |  Missing
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Description: This article examines the link, reinforced during the 1980s, between homelessness and mental illness. The author employs an example of the New York City government's use of, and the media's role in reinforcing negative stereotypes to create an association between these two problems and therefore blame the individual for homelessness, instead of addressing structural problems contributing to chronic homelessness. The medicalization of homelessness was used by the NY government to justify the removal of homeless people from public spaces. Though this article is not a study of homelessness, it is interesting because it explores some stereotypes of the homeless and the effect they have on government policy. (HRDC-1993)
Type of Resource: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
Volume: 7
Issue: 2
Pages: 170-184
Location: Washington
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A Canadian Homelessness Research Network (CHRN) initiative. The CHRN has received financial support from the Government of Canada’s Homelessness Partnering Strategy and the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada