RT Article
T1 The Efficacy of Outsourced Employment Services for Adults Exiting Australian Prisons
JF International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
VO 68
IS 8
SP 806
OP 824
A1 Ollerton, Janice
A2 Giles, Margaret J.
A2 Baldry, Eileen
A2 Cale, Jesse Lee
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/188983677X
AB Crime rates in Australia have declined or been steady over the past decade yet prison populations are at all-time highs. Similarly, unemployment rates have been low but unemployment for those ex-prisoners seeking work is very high. In this paper, we draw on the findings of an Australia-wide survey of government-funded employment service providers who support working-aged Australians including ex-prisoners in their search for work. We find that the heterogeneity of the needs of ex-prisoners coupled with the frugality and inflexibility of government policies and practices frustrates the abilities of these agencies to provide services to this target group.
K1 employment services
K1 Unemployment
K1 Employment
K1 Ex-prisoners
K1 Ex-offenders
DO 10.1177/0306624X221102840