Rough living: Surviving violence and homelessness

Robinson, C

Rough living: Surviving violence and homelessness

Robinson, C

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Publisher:: UTS e press
Publication Type:: Book
Citation:: 2010, 1
Issue Date:: 2010-01

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dc.contributor.author	Robinson, C	en_US
dc.date.issued	2010-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	2010, 1	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	978-1-86365-425-8	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/14227
dc.description.abstract	This research project emerged in response to the growing number of informal narratives of violent victimisation encountered by staff of Homeless Persons' Legal Service (HPLS) in their work with homeless clients and current and former homeless advocates in Sydney, New South Wales. Despite consistent reports of repeated experiences of violence occurring both before and whilst living homeless, it was observed that little current local documentation or wider policy acknowledgment of these exists. Disturbingly, reports about episodes of violence revealed that positive engagement with responding emergency and support services was rare and in many cases was never even sought, and that the opportunity for the follow-up of past traumatic events was even rarer. Most distressing, however, was the perception identified amongst victims that often brutal and repetitive victimisation was a `normal and accepted part of everyday life in the past and present, and an expected part of everyday life in the future.	en_US
dc.publisher	UTS e press	en_US
dc.title	Rough living: Surviving violence and homelessness	en_US
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Abstract:

This research project emerged in response to the growing number of informal narratives of violent victimisation encountered by staff of Homeless Persons' Legal Service (HPLS) in their work with homeless clients and current and former homeless advocates in Sydney, New South Wales. Despite consistent reports of repeated experiences of violence occurring both before and whilst living homeless, it was observed that little current local documentation or wider policy acknowledgment of these exists. Disturbingly, reports about episodes of violence revealed that positive engagement with responding emergency and support services was rare and in many cases was never even sought, and that the opportunity for the follow-up of past traumatic events was even rarer. Most distressing, however, was the perception identified amongst victims that often brutal and repetitive victimisation was a `normal and accepted part of everyday life in the past and present, and an expected part of everyday life in the future.

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