SynthesisCanadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie2019
The Impact of Housing First on Criminal Justice Outcomes among Homeless People with Mental Illness: A Systematic Review.
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- A randomized trial of permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless persons with high use of publicly funded services.Health services research · 2020Trial
- "We Have to Evict Certain People Sometimes": A Descriptive Mixed-Methods Study of Service Providers' Perceptions of the Impacts of High-Risk Issues in Supportive Housing and Housing First.Community mental health journal · 2026Article
- Serious Mental Illness-Associated Socio-Medical Needs and Imprisonment Risk in Reentry Clients.Psychiatric research and clinical practice · 2026Article
- Patterns of police interactions with people experiencing homelessness and mental illness.The police journal · 2025Article
- Cost-Effectiveness of Temporary Financial Assistance for Veterans Experiencing Housing Instability.JAMA network open · 2024Article
- Experience delivering an integrated service model to people with criminal justice system involvement and housing insecurity.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Health and social outcomes in the Housing First model: Testing the theory of change.EClinicalMedicine · 2022Article
- The impact of a Housing First intervention and health-related risk factors on incarceration among people with experiences of homelessness and mental illness in Canada.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2021Article
- Is the Housing First Model Effective? Different Evidence for Different Outcomes.American journal of public health · 2020Article
- Examining the Relationships between Cumulative Childhood Adversity and the Risk of Criminal Justice Involvement and Victimization among Homeless Adults with Mental Illnesses after Receiving Housing First Intervention.Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2020Article
- Risk Environments of Permanent Supportive Housing for Formerly Incarcerated People with Serious Mental Illnesses: A Protocol for a Novel Mixed Methods Feasibility Study.International journal of qualitative methodsArticle
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Abstract
objectiveHousing First is increasingly put forward as an important component of a pragmatic plan to end homelessness. The literature evaluating the impact of Housing First on criminal justice involvement has not yet been systematically examined. The objective of this systematic review is to examine the impact of Housing First on criminal justice outcomes among homeless people with mental illness.
methodFive electronic databases (PsycINFO, MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, Web of Science) were searched up until July 2018 for randomised and nonrandomised studies of Housing First among homeless people with a serious mental disorder.
resultsFive studies were included for a total of 7128 participants. Two studies from a randomised controlled trial found no effect of Housing First on arrests compared to treatment as usual. Other studies compared Housing First to other programs or compared configurations of HF and found reductions in criminal justice involvement among Housing First participants.
conclusionsThis systematic review suggests that Housing First, on average, has little impact on criminal justice involvement. Community services such as Housing First are potentially an important setting to put in place strategies to reduce criminal justice involvement. However, forensic mental health approaches such as risk assessment and management strategies and interventions may need to be integrated into existing services to better address potential underlying individual criminogenic risk factors. Further outcome assessment studies would be necessary.
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