Homelessness in the state and federal prison population

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 88-103

  Greenberg, Greg A ^a,b,d   Rosenheck, Robert A ^a,c  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Northeast Program Evaluation Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RANDOM SAMPLE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; STAB WOUND; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; CRIME; GOVERNMENT; PRISON; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CRIME; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; PRISONS; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45949091310     PISSN: 09579664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cbm.685     Document Type: Article

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