Ethical Dilemmas within the Homeless Community and Alternative Course of Action Jennifer Ludwig University of Phoenix CJA/324 Ethics in Criminal Justice Ethical Dilemmas within the Homeless Community and Alternative Course of Action Spokane, Washington over the course of several years, have seen an increase in the homeless population. There has never been an easy solution or a quick answer to solve the problem with the homeless community, nor a quick solution to the legal and ethical means of dealing with the growing problem. More so the police are being the enforcing factor of where and when the homeless are able to accompany particular places and for how long they are authorized to be on the premises. Ethically many different issues arise when dealing with different members of the homeless community. Issues that may involve the elderly may not involve others such as juveniles or runaways.
Introduction This article is about people with long-term, often repeated episodes of homelessness who also has alcohol problems. The author identifies the reason for this study is the barriers set by housing agencies are to in depth. The agencies have a long list of test and medical guidelines to follows. A Brief Summary The author chose this reason because it is believed that if barriers need to be lowered to obtain a spot in the housing units. Homeless people would attempt or even be entered into the house faster.
Homelessness in the United State has been a radical issue that has been affecting our society in general. It has been a complicating situation that has been dramatically rising among us. Stuart D. Bykofsky, in “No Heart for the Homeless,” Anna Quindlen, in “Rooms of Their Own,” and Steven VanderStaay, in “Solutions Homeless People Seek,” has distinguished solutions that the government can accomplish to assist the homeless. The three essays have similar views on solutions that can be accomplished to solve the homelessness issue. In the essays, Bykofsky and Quindlen discusses the problems that individuals seek when the homeless surrounds the streets and deprive them from having a clean environment.
The Vulnerable Population I will be addressing today are the homeless. The current issue or problems affecting this population of the homeless is that there is no permanent housing, social services for job placement, nor treatment centers for the homeless with substance abuse. I feel that Housing of urban Development (HUD) is helping in every way possible. Addressing homelessness through permanent solutions is said to be one of The Housing or Urban Developments top priorities. The department has worked towards achieving this goal by encouraging a community based process which provides a comprehensive response to the homeless population’s different needs, such as outreach and assessment to identify an individual’s or family’s needs and make
Student’s Name Instructor Joslin Communications 1101 Date of the Essay Neglect of the Unfortunate The United States of America is one of the wealthiest nations in the world, yet we as citizens are plagued with senseless social issues such as homelessness and insufficient facilities for the mentally challenged. In the article “Facts and Figures: The Homeless,” the author states that “one approximation of the annual number of homeless in America estimates between 2.3 and 3.5 million people experience homelessness with some 58 percent of them living in shelters and 42 percent unsheltered.” The government, aware of the situation, does not take sufficient action to resolve these
Community Project Homeless Services Resource Manual Cynthia Patterson Homelessness in America is a pervasive problem that is experienced at all levels of society. It is estimated that “at least 2.3 million adults and children, or nearly 1 percent of the U.S. population, are likely to experience a spell of homelessness at least once during a year,” (Brown & Shukla, 2000, para. 1) The National Alliance to End Homelessness (2007b) lists “poverty, lack of affordable housing, poor access to support networks, and personal characteristics” as the most common predictors of homelessness. Our country’s current economic and housing crisis is increasing the threat of homelessness for thousands of individuals and families, especially
Although there is limited accurate data to the demographics of the homeless population, the federal, state and local governments must take immediate steps to come up with a solution to this growing problem. The 2008 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress states that the federal government is currently promoting a 10-year plan to ending homelessness with pacific targets to those who are constantly homeless, meaning an individual that is unaccompanied with a disabling condition, been homeless for more than a year and has a history of homelessness, although this is a step in the right direction it is still not enough. Job creation and jobs that pay decent wages, permanent affordable housing, tackling the health care problem for people that are diagnosed with any form of mental illness and taking care of our children should be at the top of the list because our children are the future of our great
Determining the amount of homeless individuals in any given area can be a difficult task and statistics very dependent on the source. It has been estimated that in the Kansas City Metro Area there are from 750 to 1000 homeless people living on the streets and anywhere between 12,000 to 24,000 living in shelters and other temporary residences (City Data, n.d.). Regardless of the statistics, mentally ill individuals make up a large number of the homeless and are now in more contact with the general public (James & Gilliland, 2013). Due to the physical and fiscal limitations in establishing the required workforce and facilities to handle this growing problem crisis intervention teams (CIT) have been created. The CIT program is proactive and preventative and is used to confront dangerous situations involving the mentally ill (James & Gilliland).
These laws make the necessities of being homeless criminal. There were believed to be approximately 162,246 homeless children in the United States in 2012 and each of them may have been treated unfairly because of prejudice and restrictive
36 states have higher incarceration rates than Cuba, the country with the world's second highest prison rate. Looked at in terms of actual inmate numbers, this means that the number of people behind bars in most US states is on par with the prison populations of entire nations, like Venezuela and Egypt. https://news.vice.com/article/the-mass-incarceration-problem-in-america Funding of American prisons is another big problem. Since population of the prisons in our country extremely grows, the government began to spend more money on prison system. Imprisonment of America's 2.3 million prisoners, costing $24,000 per inmate per year, and $5.1 billion in new prison construction, consumes $60.3 billion in budget expenditures, and it continues to grow.