Lightning Talk: New Frontiers of Research on Housing Instability, Homelessness, and Criminal Justice Systems

Session Submission Type: Lightning Talk Session

Abstract/Description

Homelessness, housing insecurity, and justice-system involvement are emerging concerns among criminal justice practitioners, policy makers, and scholars alike. Individuals experiencing homelessness have a higher rate of justice-system involvement than the general population, including a greater frequency of police contacts and disproportionate representation among individuals incarcerated in prisons and jails. This lightening talk introduces new frontiers of scholarship centering the intersections of housing instability, homelessness, crime, and criminal justice responses to issues of homelessness. We begin with a longitudinal analysis of the consequences of housing instability for youth and delinquency, then move into an international perspective of homelessness and crime. This sets the stage for a series of lightening talks discussing collaborations between criminal justice agencies and community entities seeking to address the concerns of local communities experiencing homelessness. Combined, these six lightening talks provide both policy and research directions aimed at supporting long-term solutions to issues of homelessness and housing instability.

Sub Unit

• Area XIII. Lightning Talks

Individual Presentations

• Housing Instability in Childhood Delinquency: A Longitudinal Analysis - Abigail S. Novak, University of Mississippi

• Homelessness and Crime: An International Perspective - Bassey Kooffreh, University of Mississippi; Francis Boateng, University of Mississippi

• Impacts of a Multi-Agency Approach to Addressing Homelessness on Clients - Cody Telep, Arizona State University

• Implications of Absolving Fines and Fees for Justice-Involved Individuals Experiencing Homelessness: Findings from a Case Study - Dalton Massingill, University of Mississippi; Katharine Leigh Brown, University of Mississippi; Cody Telep, Arizona State University

• Collaborative Post-Overdose Outreach Efforts to Engage Unhoused Individuals - Seth Watts, Arizona State University

• “They’re trained to move a problem.” Service Provider Perceptions of Law Enforcement Responses to Issues of Homelessness - Katharine Leigh Brown, University of Mississippi