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  1. Understanding Homelessness
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Violence & Trauma

United Kingdom

Homelessness in the UK: who is most at risk?
Glen Bramley and Suzanne Fitzpatrick
Is the common pressure group and media refrain that ‘we are all two paycheques away from homelessness’ justified by the evidence? Drawing on multivariate analysis of two cross-sectional datasets (the ‘Scottish Household Survey’ and the UK-...
Region:
Europe
Pathways into Multiple Exclusion Homelessness in Seven UK Cities
Glen Bramley
Suzanne Fitzpatrick
and Sarah Johnsen
This paper interrogates pathways into multiple exclusion homelessness (MEH) in the UK and, informed by a critical realist theoretical framework, explores the potential causal processes underlying these pathways. Drawing on an innovative...
Region:
Europe
Neurobehavioural and cognitive function is linked to childhood trauma in homeless adults
G. Pluck
K.H. Lee
R. David
D.C. Macleod
S.A. Spence
This study sought to describe levels of traumatic childhood events in a sample of homeless individuals and to assess the contribution of traumatic events to neurobehavioural traits (measured with the Frontal Systems Behaviour Scale, FrSBe...
Region:
Europe
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