TY - JOUR
T1 - Social control correlates of arrest behavior among homeless youth in five U.S. cities
AU - Ferguson, Kristin M.
AU - Bender, Kimberly
AU - Thompson, Sanna J.
AU - Maccio, Elaine M.
AU - Xie, Bin
AU - Pollio, David
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - This study identified homelessness, substance use, employment, and mental health correlates of homeless youths' arrest activity in 5 cities. Two hundred thirty-eight street youth from Los Angeles, Austin, Denver, New Orleans, and St. Louis were recruited using comparable sampling strategies. Ordinary least squares (OLS) regression results reveal that being arrested for criminal activity is associated with length of homelessness, history of juvenile detention and incarceration, receiving income from theft, substance abuse, and mental illness. Arrests are also associated with interactions between lack of formal employment income and receiving income from theft and between drug and alcohol abuse/ dependency. Understanding the health and situational factors associated with homeless youths' delinquent activity has implications for providing more comprehensive health, mental health, and substance abuse services.
AB - This study identified homelessness, substance use, employment, and mental health correlates of homeless youths' arrest activity in 5 cities. Two hundred thirty-eight street youth from Los Angeles, Austin, Denver, New Orleans, and St. Louis were recruited using comparable sampling strategies. Ordinary least squares (OLS) regression results reveal that being arrested for criminal activity is associated with length of homelessness, history of juvenile detention and incarceration, receiving income from theft, substance abuse, and mental illness. Arrests are also associated with interactions between lack of formal employment income and receiving income from theft and between drug and alcohol abuse/ dependency. Understanding the health and situational factors associated with homeless youths' delinquent activity has implications for providing more comprehensive health, mental health, and substance abuse services.
KW - Crime
KW - Employment
KW - Homeless youth
KW - Mental health
KW - Substance abuse
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U2 - 10.1891/0886-6708.26.5.648
DO - 10.1891/0886-6708.26.5.648
M3 - Article
C2 - 22145542
AN - SCOPUS:82555191254
SN - 0886-6708
VL - 26
SP - 648
EP - 668
JO - Violence and victims
JF - Violence and victims
IS - 5
ER -