The Criminalization of Homelessness

作者: Pamela J. Fischer

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-0679-3_5

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摘要: Homeless persons have been described as exhibiting impressive rates of psychosocial pathology.1–5 A resurgence interest in the relationship mental illness to criminal behavior has fueled by substantial and possibly increasing proportions jail prison inmates with histories and/or homelessness well high arrest incarceration homeless populations.6–14 Investigations are being conducted determine whether “criminalized” a consequence deinstitutionalization reforms involuntary commitment laws.11–12,15–18 This chapter examines among illegal behavior, illness, through study arrests Baltimore interprets this light historic contemporary literature.

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