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‘Somewhere We Can Call Home and…Be Normal’: Findings From the Justice Housing Programme Evaluation

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The relationship between homelessness or unstable housing and reincarceration is well documented. The initial month after a person is released from custody is a period of particular vulnerability, with an increased risk of homelessness and return to prison.
Helen Taylor, Lorana Bartels
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Understanding Youth Assaults of Police Officers in Australia: A Power Threat Meaning Framework Analysis

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores youth violence towards police officers in Australia through the Power Threat Meaning Framework (PTMF) to better understand the underlying factors contributing to such violence; focusing on power dynamics, childhood adversity, and trauma.
Dimitra Lattas, Kelly Hine, Catherine Creamer, Kelley Burton, Katelyn Davenport‐Klunder   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

American Families, Punished for Poverty: The Criminalization of Homelessness in the United States [PDF]

, 2012
Criminalization takes a toll, not only on adults, but also on the growing numbers of families, children and unaccompanied youth experiencing homelessness.
Heather Maria Johnson, Maria Foscarinis
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Clients’ perceptions of barriers and facilitators to implementing hepatitis C virus care in homeless shelters

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is highly prevalent among homeless persons, yet barriers continue to impede HCV testing and treatment in this population.
Carmen L. Masson, J. Konadu Fokuo, August Anderson, Jesse Powell, Barry Zevin, Dylan Bush, Mandana Khalili   +6 more
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Understanding the Housing and Support Experience of People With Complex Disability in Australia: A Qualitative Analysis of Submissions to the Disability Royal Commission

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 2019, the Australian government established the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability (‘Disability Royal Commission’, DRC) to investigate widespread mistreatment of people with disability. Nearly 10,000 people with disability, their families and supporters engaged with the DRC.
Kate D'Cruz, Fiona Carey, Libby Witts, Jessie Spence, Peter Mulherin, Megan Topping, Di Winkler, Jacinta Douglas   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘People Need to Understand That They Are Stealing From Their Neighbours’: A Critical Media Analysis of the Representations and Resistance Throughout the Robodebt Scheme

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Robodebt scheme issued thousand‐dollar debts to an estimated half a million people who had received social security. The debts were largely inaccurate and illegal, with the aim of improving the federal government's budget. The 2023 Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme found that the stigmatising political and public language about ...
Ella Kruger, Phillipa Evans
wiley   +1 more source

Homelessness Counts [PDF]

, 2007
A movement to end homelessness is underway. Thousands of stakeholders -- policymakers, advocates, researchers, practitioners, former and current homeless people, community leaders, and concerned citizens -- from across the country are involved in efforts
Mary Cunningham, Meghan Henry
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Building Community Amidst the Institutional Whiteness of Graduate Study: Black Joy and Maroon Moves in an Academic Marronage

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article reflects on the construction of a supportive community of Black Afro‐diasporic graduate students and their supervisors researching issues relating to race in the field of education in Australia. It draws on the concept of marronage—a term rooted in the fugitive act of becoming a maroon, where enslaved people enacted an escape in ...
Hellen Magoi, Casianus Gemoh, Denise Chapman, Edmund Hypolite, Simon Angok, Melanie Baak, Joel Windle   +6 more
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HOMELESS IN OBSERVATORY, CAPE TOWN THROUGH THE LENS OF MAX-NEEF'S FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN NEEDS TAXONOMY

Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 2017
The level of homelessness on the streets of South Africa is regarded as a slow-moving tragedy. The aim of this article is to explain the profile of the homeless in Observatory, Cape Town using Max-Neef’s Fundamental Human Needs taxonomy.
Schenck, Rinie , Roman, Nicolette , Erasmus, Charlene , Blaauw, Derick, Ryan, Jill   +4 more
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Assessment of health status and quality of life of homeless persons in Belgrade, Serbia [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2014
Background/Aim. Homelessness is a problem with social, medical, economic, political and other implications. Despite a large number of studies, reports about health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of homeless persons remain sparse.
Sarajlija Marija, Jugović Aleksandar, Živaljević Dragan, Merdović Boro, Sarajlija Adrijan   +4 more
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