Becoming the victim: A study on community reactions towards group homes.

Piat, Myra

doi:10.1037/h0095110

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“…Critics of the argument that transitional services negatively affect communities point out that the emotional responses to such facilities may actually be greater than the threat they pose (Piat, 2000a(Piat, , 2000b. The present article is concerned with the ethical dilemma and social justice issue created by the greater good of social rehabilitation in balance with the perceived well-being of residents of communities.…”

Section: Social Justicementioning

confidence: 95%

“…However, attempted placement of transitional housing within communities is usually met with resistance (Cowan, 2003;Innes, 1993;Piat, 2000a;Segal, Baumohl, & Moyles, 1980;Young, 1998). Piat (2000a) emphasized many ways in which residents can respond to placement issues, including but not limited to, letters to editors, door-to-door campaigns, petitions to legislators, and organized protesting and picketing.…”

Section: Community Resistance To Halfway House Siting (Nimby)mentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Although positive effects of halfway houses on populations in transition have been documented (Garrett, 1985;Gouvis Roman & Travis, 2004;Gumrukcu, 1968), some research has shown that transitional housing presents both perceived and real threats to communities (Cowan, 2003;Piat, 2000a). For several years, researchers have pointed out that various forms of community corrections, such as halfway houses, need to be constantly researched and tested for correctional program integrity (Lowenkamp, Latessa, & Smith, 2006).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 96%

“…Communities support deinstitutionalization economically and philosophically but take exception to both real and perceived negative community impacts, such as diminished housing values and heightened crime rates (Kim, 2000). Although such transitional facilities simultaneously represent state-sponsored efforts toward easing taxpayer burdens and rehabilitation, communities often react poorly to the placement of such facilities (Orndoff, 1978;Piat, 2000a).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 97%

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Are Minority Areas Disproportionately Targeted for Halfway House Placement?

Costanza

Kilburn

Vendetti-Koski

2013

Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice

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The geographic placement of halfway houses is an important issue in the field of community corrections. Much research has underscored the social justice issues involved with the subsidization and placement of halfway houses within certain communities. A commonly held belief is that state and local governments actively target lower socioeconomic status, minority communities for the placement of houses, as residents have little power to resist. This article uses data collected on Connecticut towns from 2000 to 2008 andreveals that state-subsidized halfway houses are significantly more likely to be sited in non-White communities with high index crime rates.

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Section: Social Justicementioning

confidence: 95%

Section: Community Resistance To Halfway House Siting (Nimby)mentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 96%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 97%

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Are Minority Areas Disproportionately Targeted for Halfway House Placement?

Costanza

Kilburn

Vendetti-Koski

2013

Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice

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“…Much research on transitional housing points out the perceived and real threats that transitional housing presents to communities (Piat 2000;Cowan 2003). While such transitional facilities simultaneously represent state-sponsored efforts toward easing taxpayer burdens and rehabilitation, communities often react poorly to the placement of such facilities (Orndoff 1978;Piat 2000a). …”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Impact of Halfway Houses on Parole Success and Recidivism

Costanza

Cox

Kilburn

2015

JSR

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This article seeks to identify short and long term effects of halfway house completion on parole success and subsequent recidivism from a sample of offenders released from a northeastern state's correctional facilities between 2004 and 2008. Using propensity score matching techniques, we compare parolees released to parole after successfully completing a residential treatment program to a matched group of parolees released directly into the community from a correctional facility. Analyses show that parolees who successfully complete a halfway house program are more likely to successfully complete parole but the effect on residential programming on long-term recidivism are negligible.

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NIMBY syndrome and public consultation policy: the implications of a discourse analysis of local responses to the establishment of a community mental health facility

Cowan

2003

Health &Amp; Social Care in the Community

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The relocation of mental health services from an institutional to community base in different parts of the UK has witnessed incidents of public opposition in relation to the establishment of community mental health projects. It has been argued that this not-in-my-backyard (NIMBY) syndrome is partly a result of the attitudes held by the public towards people with mental health problems. The present paper reports some findings from a study of community attitudes towards individuals with mental health problems in a Scottish community, and discusses their implications for the development of public consultation guidelines with respect to the establishment of community mental health facilities. Discourse analysis was used to explore people's views about individuals with mental health problems. The study examined the ways in which their views were expressed in letters to the local press, and in subsequent discussions and interviews, when arguing for or against a supported accommodation project in their neighbourhood. Participants formulated their arguments around a number of issues which they claimed were of public concern. One of these related to the way in which the project was set up. In particular, participants argued that it had been established without any prior consultation with local people and in circumstances of secrecy. The findings demonstrate that, while consultation is relatively unproblematically defined in terms of its function, the specific nature of consultation is more problematic. The implications of these findings for mental health policy and practice are considered in the light of current official guidelines on public consultation relating to the establishment of community mental health facilities. It is argued that existing guidelines fail to take account of the concerns of local people, and therefore, that any intervention based on such guidelines is likely to be ineffective. It is suggested that the findings of this study will be of interest to policy makers and practitioners seeking to devise future public consultation strategies.

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Becoming the victim: A study on community reactions towards group homes.

Cited by 10 publications

References 18 publications

Are Minority Areas Disproportionately Targeted for Halfway House Placement?

Are Minority Areas Disproportionately Targeted for Halfway House Placement?

The Impact of Halfway Houses on Parole Success and Recidivism

NIMBY syndrome and public consultation policy: the implications of a discourse analysis of local responses to the establishment of a community mental health facility

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