Recommended Resources and Readings
Policing and Homelessness
- While National Debate Over Homelessness Grows, Cities are Finding Ways to Disrupt the Cycle of Crisis (Arnold Ventures)
- Strengthening Partnerships Between Law Enforcement and Homelessness Service Systems (Council of State Governments Justice Center)
- Housing Not Handcuffs 2019: Ending the Criminalization of Homelessness in U.S. Cities (National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty)
- What New Orleans Can Teach Other Cities About Reducing Homelessness (Pew Trusts)
- The Police Response to Homelessness (Police Executive Research Forum)
- The Law Enforcement Response to Homelessness: Identifying High-Priority Needs to Improve Law Enforcement Strategies Addressing Homelessness (Rand Corporation)
- No Right to Rest: Police Enforcement Patterns and Quality of Life Consequences of the Criminalization of Homelessness (Tony Robinson, Urban Affairs Review 55 (1), 2019:41-73).
Courts and Homelessness
- About Homeless Courts (American Bar Association)
- Community Courts: An Evolving Model (Bureau of Justice Assistance Community Justice Series)
- The Future of Problem-Solving Courts: Inside the Courts and Beyond (Stacy L. Burns, University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender, and Class 10 (73), 2010)
- Court-Imposed Fines as a Feature of the Homelessness-Incarceration Nexus: A Cross-Sectional Study of the Relationship Between Legal Debt and Duration Of Homelessness in Seattle, Washington, USA (Jessica Mogk, Valerie Shmigol, Marvin Futrell, Bert Stover, and Amy Hagopian, Journal of Public Health 42 (2), 2020: e107–e119.
- A New Beginning for Milwaukee's Homeless: Addressing Homelessness Through the Homeless Court System (Amy Wilson, International Journal of Therapeutic Jurisprudence)
Housing and Homelessness
- The 2018 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR)to Congress (Department of Housing and Urban Development)
- Worst Case Housing Needs: 2017 Report to Congress (Department of Housing and Urban Development)
- One Size Fails All: Return to Nowhere (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
- Searching out Solutions (United States Interagency Council on Homelessness)
- The Homelessness Blame Game (Urban Institute)
- The State of Homelessness in America (White House Council on Economic Advisors)
Public Health and Homelessness
- Resources to Support People Experiencing Homelessness, Covid-19 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Homelessness and Health: What’s the Connection? (National Healthcare for the Homeless Council)
- Homelessness as a Public Mental Health and Social Problem: New Knowledge and Solutions, (Jack Tsai, Thomas O’Toole, and Lisa K. Kearney, Psychological Services 14 (2), 2017: 113–117)
Community and Peer Partnerships
- While National Debate Over Homelessness Grows, Cities are Finding Ways to Disrupt the Cycle of Crisis (Arnold Ventures)
- Three Ways Communities Can Promote Inclusive Public Space and Better Support People Forced to Live Outside (Arnold Ventures)
- Enhancing Police Responses to Children Exposed to Violence: A Toolkit for Law Enforcement (Bureau of Justice Assistance)
- From Harm to Health Centering Racial Equity and Lived Experience in Mental Health Crisis Response (Fountain House)
- Engaging Unhoused Community Members in the Design of an Alternative First Responder Program Aimed at Reducing the Criminalization of Homelessness (Greg Townley, Kaia Sand, Thea Kindschuh, Holly Brott, and Emily Leickly, Journal of Community Psychology 50 (4), 2022: 2013–2030)
Behavioral Health and Homelessness
- Reducing Homelessness for People with Behavioral Health Needs Leaving Prisons and Jails (Council of State Governments Justice Center)
- Embedding Clinicians in the criminal justice System (Council of State Governments Justice Center)
- Predictors of Homeless Services Re-Entry within a Sample of Adults Receiving Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP) Assistance (Molly Brown, Danielle Vaclavik, Dennis P. Watson, and Eric Wilka, Psychological Services 14 (2), 2017: 129–140
- Jail Incarceration, Homelessness, and Mental Health: A National Study (Greg A. Greenberg and Robert A. Rosenheck, Psychiatric Services59 (2) 2008: 170–177
- Co-Occurring Substance Abuse and Mental Health Problems among Homeless Persons: Suggestions For Research and Practice (Douglas l. Polcin, Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless 25 (1), 2016: 1–10.
Transit Police and Homelessness
- The Transit Authority podcast, season 1 episode 6: Public Transit and Homelessness with Tim Chan, Group Manager of Station Area Planning, San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
- Public Transit and Social Responsibility: Homelessness (American Public Transportation Association)
- Growth Of Homelessness During 2020 Was 'Devastating,' Even Before The Pandemic (National Public Radio, March 18 2021)
- Transit Police Provide Clothing, Shelter To Homeless Man At Morristown Station (Morris Daily Voice)
- Homelessness in Transit Environments Volume I: Findings from a Survey of Public Transit Operators (University of California Institute of Transportation Studies research report)
- American Public Transportation Association
- New Jersey Transit
Veterans and Homelessness
- 5 Key Facts about Homeless Veterans (National Alliance to End Homelessness)
- Veterans Treatment Courts and other Veteran-focused courts served by VA Veterans Justice Outreach Specialists (Department of Veterans Affairs)
- National Association of Homeless Veterans
- New York City Veterans Court
- United States Department of Veterans Affairs Homeless Programs