RT Article
T1 Comparing employment trajectories before and after first imprisonment in four Nordic Countries
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 57
IS 4
SP 828
OP 847
A1 Aaltonen, Mikko
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1565053540
AB Employment plays a crucial role in the re-entry process and in reducing recidivism among offenders released from prison. But at the same time, imprisonment is generally regarded as harmful to post-release employment prospects. Little is known, however, about whether or not offenders’ employment trajectories before and after imprisonment are similar across countries. As a first step towards filling this gap in research, this paper provides evidence on employment trajectories before and after imprisonment in four Nordic welfare states: Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Using data gathered from administrative records on incarcerated offenders, the analysis focuses on individuals imprisoned for the first time and who served a prison sentence less than one year in length. Results show that although employment trajectories develop in mostly similar ways before and after imprisonment across these countries, important differences exist.
K1 Incarceration
K1 Employment
K1 Re-entry
K1 Comparative criminal justice research
K1 Register-based analysis
K1 Freiheitsstrafe
K1 Vergleichsuntersuchung
DO 10.1093/bjc/azw026