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Skid Row inhabitants, hopeless and homeless, are the ‘hard core’ of drunken offenders.
David J. Pittman is professor of sociology at Washington University and director of the Social Science Institute. He runs an experimental project in the social treatment of alcoholics at Malcolm Bliss Mental Health Center, Washington University Medical School. Books stemming from his research on alcoholism, delinquency, and crime includeThe Revolving Door andSociety, Culture, and Drinking Patterns.
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Pittma, D.J. Homeless men. Trans-action 1, 15–16 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03182247
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