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作者

Paul Flatau;Kaylene Zaretzky;Emma Crane;Georgina Carson;Adam Steen;Monica Thielking;David MacKenzie

来源

HOUSING STUDIES,Vol.35,Issue4

语言

英文

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作者单位

The Centre for Social Impact UWA, The Business School, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia; ;The Centre for Social Impact UWA, The Business School, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia; ;The Centre for Social Impact UWA, The Business School, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia; ;Centre for Quantum Computation & Communication Technology, School of Physics, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; ;School of Accounting and Finance, Faculty of Business, Justice and Behavioural Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, Australia; ;Department of Psychological Sciences, Faculty of Health, Arts and Design, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Australia; ;Department of Social Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Australia

摘要

Our study utilizes Australian survey evidence to estimate the heath and justice costs of a cohort of young homeless people. Health and justice costs for young homeless people are highly skewed with median costs well below mean costs. This is particularly true of justice costs resulting from a relatively high proportion of young homeless people having no interaction with the justice system. Having a diagnosed mental health condition is a primary driver of both health and justice costs. Having been homeless or sleeping rough in the previous year is associated with approximately four times mean health and justice costs compared with not having experienced homelessness. High justice costs are associated not only with having a diagnosed mental health condition homelessness and rough sleeping, but also a high-risk of dependence on one or more drugs or alcohol, identifying as Indigenous and a history of out-of-home care before the age of 18.