NCJ Number
240382
Journal
Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice Volume: 12 Issue: 4 Dated: July - September 2012 Pages: 366-381
Date Published
August 2012
Length
16 pages
Annotation
This article gives an overview on research conducted on citizenship with mental health outreach to people who are homeless.
Abstract
The juncture of citizenship and marginalized groups is particularly dramatic when those groups include people who are doubly or triply challenged by homelessness and criminal justice histories. The authors discuss core themes in the literature on citizenship followed by a review of two of our citizenship research projects: a randomized controlled trial that tested intervention and a community-based participatory research study to develop an individual outcome measurement of citizenship. The authors then discuss lessons learned from this research, with implications for theory and practice on citizenship in regard to marginalized groups. Abstract published by arrangement with Taylor and Francis.