RT Article
T1 Prisoners' Perceptions About Postrelease Employment in Romania: Studying the Role of Human Capital and Labelling Factors in Explaining Optimism and Pessimism
JF International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
VO 63
IS 2
SP 232
OP 256
A1 Dâmboeanu, Cristina 1978-
A2 Ramakers, Anke A. T.
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1667507362
AB Prior evidence shows that prisoners' beliefs and perceptions have profound implications for their postprison success. This study shows which prisoners are more or less optimistic about their postrelease employment prospects and for what reason. Specifically, this study examines how pessimistic prisoners are about finding a job, finding an unskilled job, and finding a minimum-wage job. It also reveals whether variables drawn from labelling and human capital theories can explain between-individual differences in these perceptions. Using survey data on 154 Romanian prisoners, we find substantial differences in optimism. These differences are partly explained by prisoners' criminal history and human capital, but more so by prisoners' expectations about the importance of these characteristics in the hiring process. Policy implications are discussed.
K1 Postrelease employment
K1 Prisoners’ perceptions
K1 Labelling
K1 Human capital
K1 Romania
DO 10.1177/0306624X18788510