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For each such case, we created narrative summaries and conducted thematic analysis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We identified 25 ERPO respondents experiencing homelessness in California and 11 in Colorado; 83% (n\u2009=\u200930) were male, 44% (n\u2009=\u200916) were white, 25% (n\u2009=\u20099) were Black, and 22% (n\u2009=\u20098) were Hispanic. Domestic violence was mentioned in 44% (n\u2009=\u200916) of cases and a similar percentage (42%) mentioned suicide; 25% of cases involved threats of mass violence.<\/jats:p>\n                    <jats:p>ERPOs were often filed in response to violence that occurred while respondents were losing their housing; reasons for impending homelessness included financial hardship, eviction, and loss of relationships. Other respondents experienced homelessness prior to the ERPO; threats of violence were intertwined with challenges of housing instability, loss of employment, family estrangement, untreated mental illness, and substance misuse. Serving ERPOs to people experiencing homelessness was challenging.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>ERPO respondents who were experiencing homelessness were in crisis and at high risk of violence. Courts and law enforcement agencies should consider how to improve serving ERPOs, recovering firearms, and providing services to homeless respondents.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s40621-026-00693-2","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,2]],"date-time":"2026-07-02T10:03:58Z","timestamp":1782986638000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Using extreme risk protection orders to prevent violence among people experiencing homelessness in California and Colorado: a case series"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0009-3249-9444","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ari","family":"Davis","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0000-5885-1551","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Rose","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0833-8834","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Lisa B.","family":"Geller","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3521-7157","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Christopher E.","family":"Knoepke","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2145-607X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Leslie","family":"Barnard","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6748-8512","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Garen J.","family":"Wintemute","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2462-3785","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Veronica A.","family":"Pear","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,2]]},"reference":[{"issue":"19\u201320","key":"693_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"11165","DOI":"10.1177\/08862605231179720","volume":"38","author":"C Hong","year":"2023","unstructured":"Hong C, Hoskin J, Berteau LK, Schamel JT, Wu ES, King AR, et al. 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