| Summary: | 碩士 === 玄奘大學 === 社會工作學系碩士在職專班 === 105 === This study explored six participants who were in the process of repeated into and out of street lives. The lack of support, imbalance in the state and alienated by the community gradually made them deprived of multiple resources. Although they tried to return to the original life style, they still cannot escape from streets. Therefore, "social exclusion" is gradually taken shape in their lives.
The main findings include three parts. First, "Become a vagrant ": a multi-oriented cumulative dynamic life course. According to the life course of the participants, their street lives are in common. The labor market and social relations are weak. After the exploration of street life, experiencing survival and helplessness, they still want to change their status quo. However, the limitation of personal abilities and social structure make them not be able to leave the lives of vagrants. After a period of time, if they still unable to live a stable life, gradually they can adapt to migrant life. The needs of personal life are gradually declined, finally they become vagrants.
Second, "down spiral" - reversible or irreversible? When individuals face the trough of life, if they lack of support from families and networks, they lack of protection network. Therefore, it is easy to find them in the quagmire, stepping in deeper and deeper, finally falling into the trap of irreversible down spiral, and ultimately excluded by the community completely. At this point, they step toward the last frame of life rendezvous.
Third, the last social link: the welfare measures. When individuals are nemployed, the impact is not only on income and economic life, but also on the social relations which become weak, and the results affect the social participation and personal development. Those who live in the streets, in the situation of no help and no provided assistance, thus enter the last frame which the traditional mainstream values have given them - social welfare. However, the last line of defense still has various restrictions, so they are once again excluded.
This study concludes with three recommendations for homeless policy, 1. romoting opportunities of social participation, 2. strengthening social security measures, 3. continuing the social work mode of following care.
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