Safer Communities: Volume 12 Issue 1
Strapline:
A journal on crime, crime prevention and community safetyTable of contents - Special Issue: Housing and Re‐offending
The role of stable accommodation in reducing recidivism: what does the evidence tell us?
Chris O'LearyThis paper aims to review the available evidence on the role of stable accommodation in reducing the risk of recidivism. It seeks to answer questions about the nature and extent…
Policing public housing: New York and British cities
John FlintThe purpose of this paper is to compare approaches to policing and addressing offending and anti‐social behaviour in public housing in New York City and UK cities and to discuss…
Offenders, welfare reforms and housing
Jo LinneyThe aim of the article is to encourage debate, monitoring and further research into the effects of welfare reform, and related policies, in particular on offenders, housing and…
An evaluation of the effect of housing provision on re‐offending
Mark Ellison, Chris Fox, Adrian Gains, Gary PollockEstablished in 2007, Vision Housing is a small London‐based specialist housing provider working primarily with ex‐offenders. This study seeks to evaluate the impact of Vision…
Housing ex‐prisoners: the role of the third sector
Alice Mills, Dina Gojkovic, Rosie Meek, David MullinsThe aim of the paper is to examine the contribution made by housing‐related third sector organisations (TSOs) in assisting ex‐prisoners to find housing, and the barriers they face…
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1757-8043Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Timi Osidipe