Essay On Homeless Crime

Hospital capacities have declined as a result of increasing crime rate. Markowitz (2006) found that the increasing homeless crime rate has a statistically significant effect on hospital capacities, decreasing it by 40%. In other words, increasing homelessness has a negative effect on all of society. Hospitals has affected of how they manage all emergency cases and patients with normal health problems. Based on mental illness issues that some homeless have and the crimes that some homeless make, the hospitals face real difficulties dealing with that problem (Markowitz 2006). “Growing service gaps contribute to the high prevalence of serious mental illness among the homeless and incarcerated populations, as well as crowding of emergency departments. Some states and communities are aggressively addressing these gaps, although funding for new programs remains scarce” (Cunningham, McKenzie, Taylor, 2008, para 1). It …show more content…
Being on the streets is increasing the ability to have many health issue such as dangerous diseases. According to (The City Club of Portland Bulletin, 2015) found that more than have homeless people in Multnomah country have a harm health issue. That is mean based on low health services that they got, homeless people who have health issue are suffering without the required health care. I met with homeless people who says health issues is not the only thing, we need to have places where we can take care of ourselves. As one of them told me that he got a skin disease because he has not taken a shower since two months and staying outside all the day with no protection from the sun in the Summer time (Personal Communication, November 25, 2015). Providing special restrooms for homeless people in several locations in the city to take care of their bodies and basic health medications for homeless person who need it is important to keep them healthier they still without