RT Article
T1 Middle-class Offenders as Employees – Assessing the Risk:A 35-year Follow-up
JF Journal of offender rehabilitation
A1 Francis, Brian
A1 Soothill, Keith
A1 Humphreys, Les
A2 Soothill, Keith
A2 Humphreys, Les
LA English
YR 2013
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1866304496
AB A 35-year follow-up of a series of 317 middle-class offenders in England and Wales suggests that the dangers of employing offenders may be more limited than expected. Although 40% were subsequently convicted, only 8% were subsequently convicted of offenses that directly and adversely affected an employer. This work should challenge the “exaggerated fears” of employers. Interestingly, variables which normally predict subsequent criminal activity made no impact in trying to predict offenses against an employer
K1 Psychology
K1 Research
DO 10.1080/10509674.2013.813617