RT Article
T1 Not just any job will do: a study on employment characteristics and recidivism risks after release
JF International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
VO 61
IS 16
SP 1795
OP 1818
A1 Ramakers, Anke
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1580554652
AB Ex-prisoners’ recidivism risks are high. Several theories state that employment can reduce these risks but emphasize that the protective role of employment is conditional on job qualities (work intensity, job duration, etc.). Longitudinal research on the role of employment in ex-prisoners’ recidivism patterns is scarce, and most existing work used a simplistic employment measure (i.e., employed vs. unemployed), leaving the topic of job quality underexplored. This study examines the association between employment characteristics and recidivism among Dutch ex-prisoners. Using longitudinal data of the Prison Project (n = 714), we found that not just any job, but particularly stable employment and jobs with a higher occupational level could help reduce crime rates among these high-risk offenders. Many ex-prisoners face a human capital deficit that complicates the guidance to high-quality jobs. It might, however, be possible to help place ex-prisoners in stable employment.
K1 Reintegration
K1 Inhaftierung
K1 Rückfallkriminalität
K1 Langzeitstudie
K1 Beschäftigungsverhältnis
K1 Imprisonment
K1 Employment
K1 Reoffending
K1 Recidivism
K1 Longitudinal research
DO 10.1177/0306624X16636141