Homelessness among Formerly Incarcerated Men: Patterns and Predictors

Homelessness among Formerly Incarcerated Men: Patterns and Predictors

This study investigates patterns of homeless shelter use among formerly incarcerated men for nearly eight years postrelease and risk factors associated with pattern variation. I use life course theory and administrative data from Pennsylvania to identify four distinct forms of homelessness among for...

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Published in:The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Vol. 693; no. 1; pp. 141 - 157
Main Author: Remster, Brianna
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01-01-2021
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects:
Ex-convicts
Homeless people
Imprisonment
Intermittent
Life course
Men
Prisoners
Race
Risk factors
homeless trajectories
incarceration
homelessness
prison
reentry
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Summary:This study investigates patterns of homeless shelter use among formerly incarcerated men for nearly eight years postrelease and risk factors associated with pattern variation. I use life course theory and administrative data from Pennsylvania to identify four distinct forms of homelessness among formerly incarcerated men: persistent homelessness beginning soon after release, a short spell of homelessness years after release, long periods of homelessness years after release, and intermittent homelessness. The results also indicate that risk factors such as age, race, drug dependency, and full sentence completion are better at distinguishing whether formerly incarcerated men become homeless than they are at predicting what kind of homelessness the men experience.
ISSN:0002-7162
1552-3349
DOI:10.1177/0002716221993447