• Acknowledgments
• Executive summary
• 1. Introduction
• 2. The extent of the problem
• 3. An overview of homelessness
• 4. Prisoner re-integration, recidivism and homelessness
• 5. Homelessness and offending
• 6. The benefits of intervening to promote reintegration and prevent homelessness
• 7. Policy and programs addressing reintegration and homelessness
• Research with staff and ex-prisoner clients
• Conclusions and recommendations
• Appendices

Ex-Prisoners, SAAP, Housing and Homelessness in Australia

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Acknowledgments

The Australian Institute of Criminology would like to thank the SAAP agency providers and the clients who participated in this research. Without their valuable contributions and willingness to discuss their experiences parts of this report would not have been possible.

Thanks are also extended to Ara Cresswell from the Australian Federation of Homelessness Organisations for assistance with publicising the aims of the research amongst SAAP agency providers, and to Rod McDonald from the Australian Government Department of Family and Community Services for valuable comments on parts of this report.

The author would also like to thank Maria Borzycki, Natalie Taylor and other colleagues at the AIC for feedback, assistance and support in the preparation of this report.

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