Multiple Perspectives
There are multiple perspectives with being homeless in Americas. Often the homeless are stigmatized and a multidimensional scaling analysis reported by Cuddy, Fiske, & Glick (2008) reports, the stigma associated with the homeless is due to traits the homeless are perceived to have to include, "insignificance, dishonesty, irresponsibility, a lack of intelligence, as well as a cluster of other negative attributes" (Boster et al., 2016, p. 1294). The stigma often associated with being homeless is defined by Goffman (1963, p.3) as "an attribute that is deeply discrediting" (Boster et al., 2016, p. 1294). Being homeless in America carries a negative connotation that is not easily dismissed and some view homelessness from the perspective or morality. According to Van Leeuwen (2017), there are three moral perspectives to include the difference approach, care approach, and the liberal approach. …show more content…
The difference approach incorporates an accommodating system, which allows for inclusion. Theorist under the difference approach believes the homeless are "victims of homogenizing conception of public space with governments banning the homeless from sleeping in public spaces, urinating in parks and/or panhandling (Van Leeuwen,
There are multiple perspectives with being homeless in Americas. Often the homeless are stigmatized and a multidimensional scaling analysis reported by Cuddy, Fiske, & Glick (2008) reports, the stigma associated with the homeless is due to traits the homeless are perceived to have to include, "insignificance, dishonesty, irresponsibility, a lack of intelligence, as well as a cluster of other negative attributes" (Boster et al., 2016, p. 1294). The stigma often associated with being homeless is defined by Goffman (1963, p.3) as "an attribute that is deeply discrediting" (Boster et al., 2016, p. 1294). Being homeless in America carries a negative connotation that is not easily dismissed and some view homelessness from the perspective or morality. According to Van Leeuwen (2017), there are three moral perspectives to include the difference approach, care approach, and the liberal approach. …show more content…
The difference approach incorporates an accommodating system, which allows for inclusion. Theorist under the difference approach believes the homeless are "victims of homogenizing conception of public space with governments banning the homeless from sleeping in public spaces, urinating in parks and/or panhandling (Van Leeuwen,