RT Article
T1 Untangling the relationship between mental health and homelessness among a sample of arrestees
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 62
IS 5
SP 592
OP 613
A1 Fox, Andrew M.
LA English
YR 2016
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1576570584
AB Past research has focused on the intertwined relationship between homelessness, mental illness, and criminal justice. Although a well-established correlation between mental illness and homelessness has emerged, a better understanding of how this may be mediated by other prominent risk factors such as substance use or victimization is warranted. The current study uses data obtained from 3,673 recently booked arrestees to examine these relationships. Using structural equation modeling with measured variables, the analyses indicate the relationship between mental health and homelessness to be almost entirely mediated by alcohol use, drug use, and violent victimization. Policy implications are discussed.
K1 Homelessness
K1 Mental health
K1 Substance use
K1 Victimization
K1 Incarceration
K1 Arrestees
K1 Obdachlosigkeit
K1 Delinquenz
K1 Psychische Gesundheit
K1 Inhaftierung
DO 10.1177/0011128713511571