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Shelter Life for Homeless Men: Risk or Respite? (2008). In R. H. McNamara (Ed.), Praeger Perspectives. Homelessness in America (Vol. 1, pp. [43]-59). Westport, CT: Praeger. Retrieved from Gale Virtual Reference Library.

The author examines whether homeless shelters are more harmful to the homeless than they are helpful by giving the readers an  accurate portrayal of shelter life using data that he collected from the focus groups comprised of actual homeless persons. The information in this chapter is highly credible because R. H. McNamara has authored or contributed to numerous books covering a wide range of social issues. Also, there are numerous references cited. This information is relevant to the topic because it contains information and insight from actual homeless people about life in homeless shelters. It also gave me a little information about kinds of crisis accommodations (like outdoor homeless camps) that I didn't even think about.