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Jail Incarceration, Homelessness, and Mental Health: A National Study

Psychiatric Services · 2008 · Vol. 59(2) · pp. 170–177

Greg A. Greenberg✉(Yale University)Robert A. Rosenheck(Yale University)

Abstract

Recent homelessness was 7.5 to 11.3 times more common among jail inmates than in the general population. Homelessness and incarceration appear to increase the risk of each other, and these factors seem to be mediated by mental illness and substance abuse, as well as by disadvantageous sociodemographic characteristics.

Homelessness and Social Issues Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Crime Patterns and InterventionsMental healthPopulationCriminal justiceMental illnessPsychiatryPsychologyEthnic groupSubstance abuseMedicineDemography

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AdolescentAdultMental DisordersCrimeData CollectionEducational StatusEmploymentFemaleIll-Housed PersonsHumansMalePrisonersRisk FactorsSocioeconomic FactorsUnited States

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