Exposure to project-based Housing First is associated with reduced jail time and bookings
Exposure to project-based Housing First is associated with reduced jail time and bookings
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DOI：
10.1016/j.drugpo.2012.10.002
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发表时间：
2013-07-01
影响因子：
4.4
通讯作者：
Collins, Susan E.
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作者：
Clifasefi, Seema L.;Malone, Daniel K.;Collins, Susan E.
背景资料：基于项目的住房优先（HF）计划在单个住房项目内为长期无家可归者提供即时、永久、低障碍、基于非禁欲的支持性住房。先前的研究已经表明，基于项目的HF与6个月的监禁时间减少有关（Larimer等人，2009年），有犯罪史的人能够在支持性住房中维持他们的住房，例如基于项目的HF（马龙，2009年; Tsai 82 Rosenheck，2012年）。本研究的目的是扩展这些调查结果，以记录基于项目的HF居民的犯罪历史，并测试暴露于基于项目的HF，犯罪历史和监禁时间之间的关联超过2年follow-up.Methods：参与者（N=95）是长期无家可归的个人与严重的酒精问题谁搬进基于项目的HF。措施包括行政数据的犯罪历史，基于项目的HF曝光，和监禁天数和预订两年之前和之后的移动到基于项目的HF.Results：大多数过去的刑事定罪是轻罪（91.3%）。此外，刑事定罪没有预测参与者的住房保留在项目为基础的HF。基于项目的HF暴露-而不是以前的犯罪史-预测显着减少监禁天数和预订从两年之前和之后的参与者移动到HF.Conclusions：研究结果表明，参与者的犯罪史主要反映“症状”的无家可归，而不是对公共安全的威胁。此外，参与者的犯罪史程度与随后的监禁时间或住房消耗无关。虽然不能暗示因果关系，但这些研究结果表明，在基于项目的HF中花费的时间与最初HF暴露后长达两年的监禁时间减少有关。由爱思唯尔公司出版
Background: Project-based Housing First (HF) programs provide immediate, permanent, low-barrier, nonabstinence-based supportive housing to chronically homeless people within a single housing project. Previous studies have shown project-based HF is associated with 6-month reductions in jail time (Larimer et al., 2009), and that people with criminal histories are able to maintain their housing in supportive housing, such as project-based HF (Malone, 2009; Tsai 82 Rosenheck, 2012). This study aimed to extend these findings to document the criminal histories of project-based HF residents and to test the associations among exposure to project-based HF, criminal histories and jail time over a 2-year follow-up.Methods: Participants (N=95) were chronically homeless individuals with severe alcohol problems who moved into project-based HF. Measures included administrative data on criminal history, project-based HF exposure, and jail days and bookings for two-years prior to and subsequent to move into project-based HF.Results: The majority of all past criminal convictions were misdemeanors (91.3%). Further, criminal convictions did not predict participants' housing retention in project-based HF. Months of project-based HF exposure - not prior criminal histories - predicted significant decreases in jail days and bookings from the two years prior and subsequent to participants' move into HF.Conclusions: Findings suggest that participants' criminal histories primarily reflect "symptoms" of homelessness rather than threats to public safety. Further, the extent of participants' criminal histories was not associated with subsequent jail time or housing attrition. Although causation cannot be implied, these findings show that the amount of time spent in project-based HF is associated with decreased jail time for up to two years following initial HF exposure. Published by Elsevier B.V.