Homelessness and predictors of criminal reoffending: A retrospective cohort study.
Rebecca J MitchellNicholas BurnsNicholas GlozierOlav NielssenPublished in: Criminal behaviour and mental health : CBMH (2023)
This longitudinal study finding of not only a high rate of criminal justice contact, but also a high rate of recidivism among people who have been homeless, lends support to a need for strategies both to address the root causes of homelessness and to provide a comprehensive systems-based response to reduce recidivism, that includes secure housing as well as mental health and substance use treatment programmes for homeless offenders.
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