Rethinking preventing homelessness amongst prison leavers

Rethinking research on forming typologies of homelessness.

In homelessness research and policymaking, it seems to be axiomatic that single adults experience 3 temporally based types of homelessness: chronic, episodic, and transitional. We discuss problems with the theorization of this typology and with the research design, data analysis, and time-aggregated conceptualization and measurement of temporality in the empirical work supporting the typology. ...

Preventing first time homelessness among older Australians

Rethinking the psychology of tyranny: the BBC prison study.

This paper presents findings from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) prison study - an experimental case study that examined the consequences of randomly dividing men into groups of prisoners and guards within a specially constructed institution over a period of 8 days. Unlike the prisoners, the guards failed to identify with their role. This made the guards reluctant to impose their au...

Clinical Complaints amongst Patients in a Guyanese Prison

BACKGROUND Incarcerated populations are at particular risk for developing specific health conditions.  Prior studies of prisons in developing countries have focused on the threat of communicable diseases, though anecdotal evidence suggests that chronic conditions are of particular concern. This study constitutes the first published investigation of health complaints offered by residents of a pr...

[Prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection amongst immigrants entering prison].

OBJECTIVE To study the prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) and the predictive factors amongst immigrants entering prison. METHODS prospective study conducted in May and June of 2009. The tuberculin skin test (TST) was performed, with induration of ≥ 10 mm being regarded as positive. Variables collected were: age, origin, number of incarcerations, length of time living in Spain,...