The Efficacy of Outsourced Employment Services for Adults Exiting Australian Prisons

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 o...

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1. VerfasserIn: Ollerton, Janice (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Giles, Margaret J. ; Baldry, Eileen ; Cale, Jesse Lee
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2024
In: International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
Jahr: 2024, Band: 68, Heft: 8, Seiten: 806-824
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employment services
Unemployment
Employment
Ex-prisoners
Ex-offenders
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:1552-6933
DOI:10.1177/0306624X221102840