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oapen-20.500.12657-396732020-06-18T09:43:15Z Rough Living Robinson, Catherine Homelessness Homelessness and violence Homelessness in Australia Discrimination against homeless people Services for homeless people Homelessness and social policy bic Book Industry Communication::1 Geographical Qualifiers::1M Australasia, Oceania & other land areas::1MB Australasia::1MBF Australia Rough Living: Surviving Violence and Homelessness reveals the ways in which intense chains of disadvantage, incorporating homelessness, are triggered by very early experiences of violence. Drawing on biographic interviews with six men and six women, the book bears witness not only to horrendous repeated experiences of physical and sexual violence, but discusses what may be understood as related multi-dimensional vulnerability in areas such as physical and mental health, education, employment and social connectedness. A picture of the long-term cycles of violent victimisation and homelessness, and their compounding traumatising effects, are made clear and the importance of trauma-informed service delivery is outlined as a key way forward. 2020-06-17T14:13:16Z 2020-06-17T14:13:16Z 2010 book ONIX_20200617_9781863654258_14 1834-2027 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/39673 eng UTS Shopfront Series application/pdf n/a rough-living.pdf UTS ePRESS 10.5130/978-1-86365-425-8 10.5130/978-1-86365-425-8 feb523b3-bdff-4e43-ad50-063a48b87781 6 70 Broadway open access
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Rough Living: Surviving Violence and Homelessness reveals the ways in which intense chains of disadvantage, incorporating homelessness, are triggered by very early experiences of violence. Drawing on biographic interviews with six men and six women, the book bears witness not only to horrendous repeated experiences of physical and sexual violence, but discusses what may be understood as related multi-dimensional vulnerability in areas such as physical and mental health, education, employment and social connectedness. A picture of the long-term cycles of violent victimisation and homelessness, and their compounding traumatising effects, are made clear and the importance of trauma-informed service delivery is outlined as a key way forward.
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