The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, January 11, 1989, Page 3, Image 3

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Study ej The Associated Press ? JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. ? Researchers at Carson-Newman College hope their study of the rural IT homeless can direct human services (J and other agencies, the school's associate dean said Tuesday. The research so far involves case studies of 30 homeless people, but it win expand to learn aoout a sector 01 America that is little researched, said sh Michael V. Carter, a sociology professor and associate dean of Carson- ar Newman College. " ha "This is just the first step," he ati said. "We want to sample 100 people tic in Jefferson and Hamblen counties. cl< "To our knowledge there has been ec only one other major study of the an rural homeless," he said, citing research by Ohio's mental health m department. "There has been a lot th done on urban homeless." th Carson-Newman College's ch sociology, psychology, nursing and "1 home economics departments com- b> piled a 14-page questionnaire for Ui residents in two Jefferson County Prison offic The Associated Press nc Fans, reporters and others who D would like to visit soul singer James sp Brown in prison are out of luck, officials say. ha Inmates at State Park Correctional he Center, where Brown is serving a six- sa VAor r?o n Koira iflcif Arc Ar? j vai owulwuww, wan iiavw vmiuid Wi 1 Saturdays and Sundays, but they fo either must be family members or st< have their names included on a list of st; no more than six people submitted by the inmate. dc Others, like the busload of as Brown's fans from Columbia who er showed up at the prison a week ago, fa are turned away. tii "It's not like a hospital, and it's IE r Jr New Yon $99 row Deni $99 row 8 If Fort Lam $99 row $99 roui only fi> If you Express? 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The following findings have been ials say 'nc >t like some social camp," said epartment of Corrections okesman Francis Archibald. A number of fans and reporters ive asked to visit with Brown since : was moved to the prison, officials iH Brown, 55, is serving the sentence r aggravated assault and failing to ap for police during a wild, twoate chase last September. Archibald said that although >zens of news organizations have ked to interview Brown since he itered prison Dec. 16, "We are not cilitating any interviews at this Tie." 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There has been a lot a fe Michael Carter, h< jr at Carson-Newman College d< ??^??? re documented: ce ? 17 of the 30 were under 31 years h< old. "The 'younger' look of tc homelessness in the 1980s is evident in rural Tennessee as well," the study fc said. "The 'new' look of " homelessness in the 1980s again m manifests itself in that only three percent of the respondents have been w homeless for an extended period of h; time (more than three years)." ? 19 of the 30 had at least finished st high school. vi ? When asked for the main reason ti for their homelessness, most females rr (46 percent) said they were abused or tl deserted by a family member, and p most males (36 percent) cited drugs st ) way' to Br with Brown must write him a letter Y asking him to call them collect, Ar- hi chibald said. Brown, who works in w the kitchen of the 275-inmate, h minimum-security prison near Col- ti umbia, is allowed to use the pay phones in his dormitory whenever he p isn't on the job. 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"Females tended to agree with the atements, 'Persons should rarely isit their family,' and, 'Most of the me I do not want to be bothered by ly relatives,' while disagreeing with te statement, 'Home is the most leasant place in the world,"' the udy said. own fans ork teen-ager Tawana Brawley in er controversial sexual assault case, hich later was determined to be a oax, had claimed Brown's convicon was racially motivated. Sharpton said he would organize a rotest movement to try to free rown. However, Sharpton's efforts ave apparently met with little suport in South Carolina and Isewhere. Archibald said several out-of-state jporters have asked "how many lack leaders are responding and oming to see Brown. We're having 3 answer in the negative, because ley're not coming." Phoenix $99 roundtrip Boston $99 roundtrip HA ? 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