Wages in the industrial sector were not keeping up with huge increase in manufacture and profits. Stocks lost a huge amount of money in a single day. Investors who had borrowed money to buy stocks were particularly hard hit, as were the banks that had lent the money (Canadian History 1201). Therefore the stock market crash was a very big event that caused The Great Depression. There were many factors that caused the Great Depression.
For instance, many homeless individuals struggle with substance abuse. A person could infer that a homeless individual turns to substance abuse because he or she wants to numb the feelings of pain and failure he or she has because he or she cannot provide adequate housing or perhaps because they are feeling isolated from their friends and family. To make this inference one would have to assume that being homeless makes an individual believe they are inadequate and causes distance between the homeless individual and his or her family and friends. This may be true for some people, but not all homeless people believe that being homeless is a bad thing. Many of these homeless individuals may have had a pre existing substance abuse problem and became homeless because family members were no longer willing to enable self-destructive behavior.
On the other hand there that middle class of poor that knows nothing about the system or doesn’t have the resources to get a good lawyer they are screwed completely ruin your life and affecting some people around you. Several contemporary concerns impacting criminal justice professionals are, stress, finances, the economy, their family and friends, health and job security. I say stress because so many things can stress a person out this line of work. It can be the hours of the job, the clients, the court cases, etc. Finances can be a major worry especially if your budget is tight and so is your money.
Homelessness is not just a problem in our city but a problem everywhere in the world. The problem of homelessness has become one of the most urgent social and political issues of our time (King et al. 1989). Current estimates of the number of homeless persons on any given night range from 600,000 to 3 million (Whitman 1989).This type of problem makes people wonder why and how this issue sticks and how we, as a society can cure this problem that continues to affect thousands or even millions of people today. Surfing the web for answers will only give us the meaning of what is it like to be homeless, how the public views homelessness and how it affects these individuals, the economy and the society as a whole.
One of the sectors where Canadians are still feeling the pressure is employment. The U.S stock market crash has been important for many reasons, the most important between them being the damage on wealth. Estimates differ on exactly how much citizens, corporations lost, but most figures are around the tens of trillions mark. These losses have not only been “colossal, but by dropping the worth of investments, they've made an increased risk and higher borrowing costs for businesses, which will affect their profit margins and ability to hire and keep employees for future years” (eHow.com, p. 1). The American market crash is being felt worldwide.
Then I got angry at the government (state and federal), and our Governor in this great state of Michigan. The many new homeless are people just like you and me. This is due to the downturn in the economy nationwide and especially with the auto industry here in Michigan. The parents of these children have lost everything except their children. This is one of the main reasons that we don’t know a true number of the “homeless children” in this state.
There are many social problems that are associated with homelessness in Pinellas County. Financial problems such as: job loss, not making enough money and not being to afford rent/mortgage is related to the homelessness in Pinellas County (PIT, 2011). Criminal behavior is another social problem related to homelessness. According to Chamard (2010) persons who are homeless involves themselves in criminal activity for survival such as stealing, panhandling and peddling. The criminal activity stems from the homeless person basic needs not being met such as: shelter, food and clothes (Charmard, 2010).
HOMELESSNESS IN SUDBURY, ONTARIO Homelessness is one of the most important social issues affecting communities across the country today unfortunately Sudbury is no exception. The reasons people are homeless are as varied as the people themselves, it could be a mental illness, there could be a lack of life skills, it could be substance abuse, also stagnant or declining incomes, and also rapidly growing shelter costs and reductions in social assistance to name a few. It is quit prevalent that are economy is going down and with that statement that means hard working family men and woman are getting laid off left and right. It is a known stigma that only druggy’s or lazy people are homeless, well that’s NOT true. You can work hard your whole
According surveys, I think high unemployment rate and low employment rate, mental illness and domestic violence can cause people becoming homeless in America. Poverty is closely linked to homeless. Poverty due to high employment rate and low employment rate can trap individuals and can lead to homelessness. Although the United States is recovering from the worst financial crisis in 2008 since the Great Depression, there are still many homeless people suffering from the crisis. Many homeless people who have jobs and can't avoid homelessness, escaping homelessness is virtually impossible for those without a job.
Upon these thoughts I began to ask myself the question is it the community's fault and is the community around us responsible for helping these people get back on their feet and restoring their life? It is almost impossible to keep track of the homeless population, partly because they are difficult to find and because it isn’t something for a country to be proud, so it isn’t an issue that gets enough attention. Never the less, homeless people do exist and they are found all over the world. Even though India has the largest number, with 70 million homeless people, this is just 10 percent of its population. There are many contributing factors to becoming homeless.