Sociology: Analysis of Homelessness, Structures, and Policies

This report explores the sociological aspects of homelessness, focusing on the impact of structures and policies. It examines the factors contributing to homelessness, including family breakdowns, mental health issues, and economic conditions. The report utilizes Fuzzy Cognitive Maps (FCM) and Fuzzy Logic (FL) to analyze complex social problems and identifies key areas such as labor market dynamics, social assistance systems, and demographics. It highlights the role of state structures and their influence on homelessness, particularly in relation to unemployment rates and government spending. The conclusion emphasizes that homelessness results from poor policymaking and inadequate social welfare support systems. The report references relevant literature to support its findings.

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Introduction
Structures have a lot of impact on normalizing then the homeless youth through their
policies and practices of their institutional. Structures may refer to either state or non-state
organizations that implement policies and laws. For homeless youths, the factors that affect
homelessness are interactive in nature and also very complex. Social factors such as family
breakdowns, addictions and mental health are all compounded by structural forces like poor-
economic conditions, inadequate low-cost housing and insufficient or lack of mental health
services (Allen, 2018). . All these factors created by structures especially state structures lead
to impacting the levels of homelessness through their dynamic relations. Models which have
been static in nature have not been successful in capturing the relationships with the
homeless.
Methods
Fuzzy Cognitive Maps (FCM) and Fuzzy Logic (FL) are models suited for complex
social problems due to their intricate systems to organize.
Results
The areas that were identified include describing and counting homeless persons,
labor market and income including market issues, low income and social assistance systems.
Other issues contributing to homelessness are issues of demographics to family structures,
public attitudes for homeless people, immigration and citizenship (Rollinson & Pardeck,
2018). The state factor in homelessness is seen mostly in summer and winter dates where the
number of people in emergency centers is directly related to the unemployment rates and is

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inversely proportional to general relief. Taxable sales by government is inversely
proportional to emergency family populations.
Conclusion
It can be concluded that homelessness is a result of governments and non-government
poor policy making such as poor economic conditions and lack of a good social welfare
support system.

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References
Allen, J. (2018). Homelessness in American Literature: Romanticism, Realism and
Testimony. Routledge.
Rollinson, P. A., & Pardeck, J. A. (2018). Homelessness in rural America: Policy and
practice. Routledge.