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                                                                     POWERLESS

POWERLESS POPULATIONS

HOMELESSNESS

Historical -- War, plague, labor shortages or surplus, depression, migration

      Current Dearth of low income housing

      Transformation of economy

      Deinstitutionalization

Regional differences in Virginia Northern Virginia Southeastern Virginia Central Virginia

History of Vagrancy Laws

    England 1349 -- labor shortages

    Black Death

    Financing wars and crusades

    Early 1500s -- banditry Increasing international commerce

    Contemporary U.S. -- labor shortages and undesirable populations

Emergency Rooms in Metropolitan Hospitals
    Bases of establishing moral status
      Age

      Suicide

      Drug\alcohol use

      Prostitution

      Criminality

      Vagrancy

      Spouse abuse

Misdemeanor Courts in Metropolitan Areas
    Establishing moral status in drunk and disorderly cases
      General physical appearance

      Past history

      Current social position

      Sentencing mechanisms

      Platoon sentencing

      Use of social characteristics

      Informal advisers

Outlaw Motorcycle Groups
    Focal Concerns of Subculture
      Trouble

      Toughness

      Excitement

      Fate

      Autonomy 

 
POWERLESS POPULATIONS

HOMELESSNESS

Historical -- War, plague, labor shortages or surplus, depression, migration

      Current Dearth of low income housing

      Transformation of economy

      Deinstitutionalization

Regional differences in Virginia Northern Virginia Southeastern Virginia Central Virginia

History of Vagrancy Laws

    England 1349 -- labor shortages

    Black Death

    Financing wars and crusades

    Early 1500s -- banditry Increasing international commerce

    Contemporary U.S. -- labor shortages and undesirable populations

Emergency Rooms in Metropolitan Hospitals
    Bases of establishing moral status
      Age

      Suicide

      Drug\alcohol use

      Prostitution

      Criminality

      Vagrancy

      Spouse abuse

Misdemeanor Courts in Metropolitan Areas
    Establishing moral status in drunk and disorderly cases
      General physical appearance

      Past history

      Current social position

      Sentencing mechanisms

      Platoon sentencing

      Use of social characteristics

      Informal advisers

Outlaw Motorcycle Groups
    Focal Concerns of Subculture
      Trouble

      Toughness

      Excitement

      Fate

      Autonomy