Curtis Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 3937004 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Curtis Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | Curtis |
| FAMILY NAME | Smith |
| SIGNATURE | SMITH C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bentley University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3103-6634 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Typologies of Family Dependency Treatment Court Participants
Background: Family Dependency Treatment Court (FDTC) is a problem-solving court for parents who have child welfare involvement and designed to address parental substance misuse by providing treatment and wrap-around services, with the goal of reunifying parents with their children. Objectives: This study aimed to identify different classes of FDTC parents and compare how child placement outcomes differ by class. Parental characteristics and perma…
Conducting Research with Marginalized Populations
Marginalized populations, such as people experiencing homelessness and immigrants, are seen as among the most challenging populations to study, both methodologically and ethically. Although there are basic guidelines on how to conduct research with majority populations, the relative lack of published guidelines on how to conduct ethical and scientifically rigorous research with marginalized populations can make researchers apprehensive about seem…
Sick Enough? Mental Illness and Service Eligibility for Homeless Individuals at the Border
This paper measures mental illness among individuals experiencing homelessness in a border city and compares it to the general housed population. We use original data from a homeless survey conducted in El Paso, Texas. Respondents self-reported any possible mental illness or related symptoms. We find that mental illness is not disproportionally common among the homeless, yet this is something that is often claimed by laypersons, some social servi…
The Relationship Between Mixed Race/Ethnicity, Developmental Assets, and Mental Health Among Youth
Improving Homeless Point-In-Time Counts
This article discusses improvements made to the methodology of the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) point-in-time (PIT) homeless census. HUD’s PIT results are presented to Congress as official data for policy consideration. Yet, PIT methodology focuses on visible street homeless individuals and those in shelters while neglecting the “marginally housed” or less visible homeless who live in automobiles or temporarily stay with friends and extend…
Social Service Workers’ Knowledge of and Attitudes Toward Fair Housing Laws
The purpose of this study was to explore social service workers’ awareness, knowledge, and attitudes about fair housing in Utah. Using a fair housing awareness scale, a fair housing knowledge scale, a fair housing attitude scale, and fair housing vignettes, 195 social service workers were surveyed in Utah. Descriptive results demonstrated that although social service workers knew about fair housing laws, they did not know whom to contact for fair…
A geographically-aware multilevel analysis on the association between atmospheric temperature and the “Emergency and transitional shelter population”
Description to be added
Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Homeless Populations in El Paso, Texas
This article compares Hispanic and non-Hispanic homeless populations in El Paso, Texas. Surveys were collected in “traditional homeless spaces” as well as in non-traditional spaces where Hispanics may be more heavily represented. Snowball techniques were also used to find and survey marginally housed individuals. Despite these improvements to typical homeless counts, this study finds Hispanics to be underrepresented when compared with the general…
The Homeless and Occupy El Paso
Tensions between activists and the homeless were common across different Occupy locations. This article focuses on the Occupy movement in downtown El Paso, Texas. It discusses the interactions between activists and homeless people. Initially, as the Occupiers camped in the square they excluded the homeless. A pivotal point was when some Occupiers spoke out against the mistreatment of the homeless arguing that these prejudiced actions were example…
Improving Homeless Point-In-Time Counts
This article discusses improvements made to the methodology of the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) point-in-time (PIT) homeless census. HUD’s PIT results are presented to Congress as official data for policy consideration. Yet, PIT methodology focuses on visible street homeless individuals and those in shelters while neglecting the “marginally housed” or less visible homeless who live in automobiles or temporarily stay with friends and extend…
The Relationship Between Mixed Race/Ethnicity, Developmental Assets, and Mental Health Among Youth
The Homeless and Occupy El Paso
Tensions between activists and the homeless were common across different Occupy locations. This article focuses on the Occupy movement in downtown El Paso, Texas. It discusses the interactions between activists and homeless people. Initially, as the Occupiers camped in the square they excluded the homeless. A pivotal point was when some Occupiers spoke out against the mistreatment of the homeless arguing that these prejudiced actions were example…
Sick Enough? Mental Illness and Service Eligibility for Homeless Individuals at the Border
This paper measures mental illness among individuals experiencing homelessness in a border city and compares it to the general housed population. We use original data from a homeless survey conducted in El Paso, Texas. Respondents self-reported any possible mental illness or related symptoms. We find that mental illness is not disproportionally common among the homeless, yet this is something that is often claimed by laypersons, some social servi…
A geographically-aware multilevel analysis on the association between atmospheric temperature and the “Emergency and transitional shelter population”
Description to be added
Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Homeless Populations in El Paso, Texas
This article compares Hispanic and non-Hispanic homeless populations in El Paso, Texas. Surveys were collected in “traditional homeless spaces” as well as in non-traditional spaces where Hispanics may be more heavily represented. Snowball techniques were also used to find and survey marginally housed individuals. Despite these improvements to typical homeless counts, this study finds Hispanics to be underrepresented when compared with the general…
The Homeless and Occupy El Paso
Tensions between activists and the homeless were common across different Occupy locations. This article focuses on the Occupy movement in downtown El Paso, Texas. It discusses the interactions between activists and homeless people. Initially, as the Occupiers camped in the square they excluded the homeless. A pivotal point was when some Occupiers spoke out against the mistreatment of the homeless arguing that these prejudiced actions were example…
A geographically-aware multilevel analysis on the association between atmospheric temperature and the “Emergency and transitional shelter population”
Description to be added
Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Homeless Populations in El Paso, Texas
This article compares Hispanic and non-Hispanic homeless populations in El Paso, Texas. Surveys were collected in “traditional homeless spaces” as well as in non-traditional spaces where Hispanics may be more heavily represented. Snowball techniques were also used to find and survey marginally housed individuals. Despite these improvements to typical homeless counts, this study finds Hispanics to be underrepresented when compared with the general…
Social Service Workers’ Knowledge of and Attitudes Toward Fair Housing Laws
The purpose of this study was to explore social service workers’ awareness, knowledge, and attitudes about fair housing in Utah. Using a fair housing awareness scale, a fair housing knowledge scale, a fair housing attitude scale, and fair housing vignettes, 195 social service workers were surveyed in Utah. Descriptive results demonstrated that although social service workers knew about fair housing laws, they did not know whom to contact for fair…
Improving Homeless Point-In-Time Counts
This article discusses improvements made to the methodology of the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) point-in-time (PIT) homeless census. HUD’s PIT results are presented to Congress as official data for policy consideration. Yet, PIT methodology focuses on visible street homeless individuals and those in shelters while neglecting the “marginally housed” or less visible homeless who live in automobiles or temporarily stay with friends and extend…
The Relationship Between Mixed Race/Ethnicity, Developmental Assets, and Mental Health Among Youth
Sick Enough? Mental Illness and Service Eligibility for Homeless Individuals at the Border
This paper measures mental illness among individuals experiencing homelessness in a border city and compares it to the general housed population. We use original data from a homeless survey conducted in El Paso, Texas. Respondents self-reported any possible mental illness or related symptoms. We find that mental illness is not disproportionally common among the homeless, yet this is something that is often claimed by laypersons, some social servi…
Conducting Research with Marginalized Populations
Marginalized populations, such as people experiencing homelessness and immigrants, are seen as among the most challenging populations to study, both methodologically and ethically. Although there are basic guidelines on how to conduct research with majority populations, the relative lack of published guidelines on how to conduct ethical and scientifically rigorous research with marginalized populations can make researchers apprehensive about seem…
Typologies of Family Dependency Treatment Court Participants
Background: Family Dependency Treatment Court (FDTC) is a problem-solving court for parents who have child welfare involvement and designed to address parental substance misuse by providing treatment and wrap-around services, with the goal of reunifying parents with their children. Objectives: This study aimed to identify different classes of FDTC parents and compare how child placement outcomes differ by class. Parental characteristics and perma…
Homelessness and Social Issues (8 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Population (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Demography (4 works) · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Demography (3 works)