Violence, Criminalization, And The Homeless

Keywords

Criminalization; Domestic violence; Homeless youth; Homelessness; Perpetration; Urban poverty; Victimization

Abstract

Homeless people are sometimes the perpetrators and quite often the victims of crime and violence. This article reviews the available research on this topic, focusing mainly on studies conducted in the United States. Homeless teens, women, the mentally ill, and the substance-abusive are shown to be especially high-risk subpopulations. Random acts of violence committed against homeless people are evidently on the rise, both in the United States and around the world. Around the world, many communities have responded to the rise in homelessness by criminalizing homeless behaviors. Unfortunately these measures do not assist people in exiting homelessness.

Publication Date

3-26-2015

Publication Title

International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences: Second Edition

Number of Pages

111-115

Document Type

Article; Book Chapter

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.64101-6

Socpus ID

85043423028 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85043423028

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