Research Handbook on Homelessness

Edited by Guy Johnson, Dennis Culhane, Suzanne Fitzpatrick, Stephen Metraux and Eoin O’Sullivan

in Books from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: The Research Handbook on Homelessness presents a comprehensive account of the current knowledge and understanding of homelessness, the substantial challenges it presents and the latest developments in responding to the issue. Bringing together 54 of the world’s leading scholars in this field, this multidisciplinary Research Handbook acknowledges the increasing interest in homelessness across various academic disciplines and highlights the constant evolution of this issue, as well as the research methods that accompany it.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Geography; Politics and Public Policy Sociology and Social Policy; Urban and Regional Studies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
ISBN: 9781800883406
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Defining homelessness , pp 12-22

Volker Busch-Geertsema, Guy Johnson and Eoin O’Sullivan

Ch 2 Homelessness enumeration: moving towards a demographic account , pp 23-39

James O’Donnell

Ch 3 Researching homelessness: implications for policy and practice , pp 40-51

Eoin O’Sullivan, Nicholas Pleace, Volker Busch-Geertsema and Maša Filipovič Hrast

Ch 4 The dynamics of homelessness , pp 52-71

Rosanna Scutella and Gavin A. Wood

Ch 5 Welfare states and homelessness , pp 72-80

Lars Benjaminsen

Ch 6 Predictive risk modelling and homelessness , pp 81-90

Rhema Vaithianathan and Chamari I. Kithulgoda

Ch 7 Women and homelessness , pp 92-102

Joanne Bretherton and Paula Mayock

Ch 8 Preventing and ending youth homelessness in the US , pp 103-123

Amy Dworsky, Matthew Morton and Shannon Kugley

Ch 9 The cost of homelessness , pp 124-138

Glen Bramley

Ch 10 Regulating urban encampments , pp 139-153

Chris Herring

Ch 11 Homelessness and institutional settings: an overview and an odyssey , pp 154-162

Stephen Metraux and Alexa Timmreck

Ch 12 Homelessness systems in the USA , pp 163-176

Deborah K. Padgett

Ch 13 Controlling homeless populations? The case of congregate hostels and shelters , pp 177-188

Lynne McMordie and Suzanne Fitzpatrick

Ch 14 The effectiveness of permanent supportive housing for rough sleepers: a review of the research , pp 189-211

Tim Aubry and Maryann Roebuck

Ch 15 The endurance, limitations and potential opportunities of charitable responses to homelessness , pp 212-222

Cameron Parsell, Ella Kuskoff and Beth Watts-Cobbe

Ch 16 Image control and public attitudes , pp 223-235

Maša Filipovič Hrast

Ch 17 Homelessness and health: individual impacts , pp 236-251

Fiona Cuthill

Ch 18 Single homelessness , pp 252-263

Nicholas Pleace

Ch 19 Examining the links between homelessness and migration , pp 264-278

Juliet Watson, Sarah Taylor and Guy Johnson

Ch 20 COVID-19 and homelessness: Australia , pp 280-292

Hal Pawson

Ch 21 COVID-19 and homelessness: Canada , pp 293-302

Nick Falvo

Ch 22 COVID-19 and homelessness in Great Britain: building back better? , pp 303-312

Peter Mackie and Suzanne Fitzpatrick

Ch 23 COVID-19 and trends in homelessness in Ireland , pp 313-325

Eoin O’Sullivan, Haley Curran, Emma Byrne and Mike Allen

Ch 24 The impact of COVID-19 on homelessness in Japan , pp 326-335

Soshiro Yamada, Yusuke Kakita and Hiroshi Goto

Ch 25 Shifting indoors: homelessness and the COVID-19 response in New Zealand , pp 336-348

Polly Atatoa Carr, Carole McMinn, Kerry Hawkes and Julie Nelson

Ch 26 COVID-19 and homelessness: Sweden , pp 349-359

Marcus Knutagård

Ch 27 COVID-19 and homelessness: USA , pp 360-372

Thomas Byrne

Ch 28 Preventing and ending family homelessness , pp 374-387

Molly K. Richard and Marybeth Shinn

Ch 29 Housing First and public policy , pp 388-405

Geoffrey Nelson

Ch 30 Effective systems to end homelessness , pp 406-417

Eoin O’Sullivan

Ch 31 Sustaining housing: reducing re-entries into homelessness , pp 418-430

Guy Johnson, Abigail Lewis and Fiona Carey

Ch 32 Homelessness prevention , pp 431-439

Abe Oudshoorn and Amy Van Berkum

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