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Title: Post-Conviction Housing Instability
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Bryan, Brielle |
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Post-Conviction Housing Instability Presented: Montreal, QC, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2017 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: American Sociological Association Keyword(s): Criminal Justice System; Housing/Housing Characteristics/Types; Incarceration/Jail Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Previous research suggests that incarceration leads to increased housing instability, generally finding that prior incarceration is associated with experiencing a higher number of residential moves (Geller and Curtis 2011; Harding, Morenoff, and Herbert 2013; Warner 2015). While previous researchers have justified this line of research by pointing out that both public housing authorities and private landlords can and do discriminate based on prior incarceration history (e.g., Geller and Curtis 2011), the same is true for individuals with criminal records who have not been incarcerated, particularly those with felony convictions. As such, there is good reason to believe that felony conviction, not just incarceration, is likely to lead to greater housing instability and diminished control over housing situations. This paper will explore this possibility by using the NLSY97 to examine how often formerly individuals with prior felony convictions report living in temporary housing (e.g., hotels, shelters) or unstable housing situations in which they are dependent upon others (i.e., neither owning nor renting the unit in which they live) and how their housing experiences compare to those of formerly incarcerated young adults. Additionally, I will examine the duration of unstable and/or limited control housing situations for formerly convicted and incarcerated individuals. Given that most of the previous research on the collateral consequences of the criminal justice system has focused on incarceration, this paper will make an important contribution to the literature by examining whether lesser criminal justice system involvement introduces similar instability into one's life, specifically with regard to housing. |
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Bibliography Citation
Bryan, Brielle. "Post-Conviction Housing Instability." Presented: Montreal, QC, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2017. |