The Changing Skid Row Scene
- 1 March 1971
- journal article
- Published by Alcohol Research Documentation, Inc. in Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol
- Vol. 32 (1) , 123-135
- https://doi.org/10.15288/qjsa.1971.32.123
Abstract
Skid Row is a vanishing social system with a declining population of deviants, now predominantly of older Whites and young Negroes and a rising rate of both violent internal crime and alcoholism. In spite of the old stereotypes, only one-third were alcoholics; one-third were abstainers; but in the newer population alcoholics predominate. The changes will affect the caretakers who deal with homeless alcoholics both on and off Skid Row.Keywords
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