RT Article
T1 Examining Employment Outcomes of Offender and Nonoffender Vocational Program Graduates
JF International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
VO 62
IS 9
SP 2781
OP 2800
A1 Formon, Dana L.
A2 Schmidt, Adam 1908-1990
A2 Henderson, Craig
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1588203840
AB Researchers have found providing employment opportunities for ex-offenders through job training programs to be effective at reducing recidivism. Examining various community-based programs for ex-offenders can be beneficial as they may be able to provide more stable and consistent programming without relying on the justice system. This study examined employment outcomes of graduates with and without criminal histories (n = 617) from a community-based vocational training program. Results showed that ex-offender graduates obtained employment at equal rates to nonoffender graduates and received equal pay to their nonoffender counterparts. This could indicate that for the vocationally educated ex-offender, employment outcomes may be able to equal those of other job-searching individuals with similar backgrounds but without a criminal history. Community-based programs for ex-offenders may be able to provide effective programming to improve vocational attainment within this group, thereby potentially easing the burden on criminal justice institutions as the sole provider of offender rehabilitation.
K1 Ex-Offenders
K1 Rehabilitation
K1 Employment
K1 Vocational education
K1 Ehemalige Straftäter
K1 Strafentlassene
K1 Rehabilitationsmassnahmen
K1 Berufsintegration
DO 10.1177/0306624X17735041