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Effects of prison work programmes on the employability of ex-prisoners:

Ramon Alós¹, Fernando Osvaldo Esteban², Pere Jódar³, Fausto Miguélez¹•Institutions (3)

Autonomous University of Barcelona¹, University of Valencia², Pompeu Fabra University³

01 Jan 2015-European Journal of Criminology (SAGE Publications)-Vol. 12, Iss: 1, pp 35-50

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the results of a study that links information from the prison system with information from Spanish Social Security System in order to study the employability of former inmat...

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Abstract: This paper presents the results of a study that links information from the prison system with information from the Spanish Social Security System in order to study the employability of former inmat...

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Table 3. Distribution of ex-prisoners according to situation after final release and participation in vocational training and productive prison work

Table 1. Ex-prisoners of Spanish nationality who are released

Table 5. Results of the binary logistic regression: reference = at least one job after final release, distinguishing between recidivists and non-recidivists

Table 4. Results of the binary logistic regression: reference = at least one job after final release

Table 2. Distribution of ex-prisoners of Spanish nationality according to employment results after final release

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Better at Home than in Prison ? The Effects of Electronic Monitoring on Recidivism in France

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Anaïs Henneguelle, Benjamin Monnery, Annie Kensey

27 Jun 2016-The Journal of Law and Economics

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of electronic monitoring on recidivism were investigated using quasi-experimental data from France, and the results showed that fully converting prison sentences into electronic monitoring has long-lasting beneficial effects on re-conviction, with estimated reductions in probability of reconviction of 6-7 percentage points after five years.

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Abstract: Many countries have recently adopted electronic monitoring (EM) as an alternative sentence in order to reduce incarceration while maintaining public safety. However, the empirical evidence on the effects of EM on recidivism (relative to prison) is very scarce worldwide. In this paper, we adress this debated question using quasi-experimental data from France. Our empirical strategy exploits the incremental roll-in of electronic monitoring in France, which started as a local experiment in four courts in 2000-2001, and was later adopted by more and more courts (2002-2003). Our IV estimates show that fully converting prison sentences into electronic monitoring has long-lasting beneficial effects on recidivism, with estimated reductions in probability of reconviction of 6-7 percentage points (9-11%) after five years. There is also evidence that, in case of recidivism, EM leads to less serious offenses compared to prison. These beneficial effects are particularly strong on electronically monitored offenders who received control visits at home from correctional officers, were obliged to work while under EM, and had already experienced prison before. This pattern suggests that both rehabilitation and deterrence are important factors in reducing long-term recidivism, and that electronic monitoring can be a very cost-effective alternative to short prison sentences. However, the massive development of EM in France in recent years, with shorter and less intensive supervision, may reduce its effectiveness.

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...In line with the seminal model of Becker (1968), there is now compelling evidence that prison sentences prevent crime not only through incapacitation of criminals behind bars, but also by deterring potential offenders (Abrams, 2013)....
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Barriers to participation in vocational orientation programmes among prisoners

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Dorien Brosens¹, Liesbeth De Donder¹, Sarah Dury¹, Dominique Verte¹•Institutions (1)

Vrije Universiteit Brussel¹

05 Nov 2015

TL;DR: In this article, the barriers to prisoners' participation in vocational education, as well as the predictors of different types of barriers, are investigated and the results indicate that facing situational and informational barriers are most common.

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Abstract: This study investigates the barriers to prisoners’ participation in vocational education, as well as the predictors of different types of barriers. Survey data derived from a project in a remand prison in Belgium (N=468) provided the empirical evidence for the analyses. The results indicate that facing situational and informational barriers are most common. Based on the different kinds of barriers, various types of non-participants can be distinguished and multinomial logistic regression analyses are conducted to identify in what way participants of vocational education differ from various types of non-participants. For instance, prisoners with a poor understanding of the Dutch language and those who never/rarely receive visitors participate less in vocational education as they are more likely to be confronted with informational barriers. We conclude this article by discussing paths for future research and implications for policy and practice to anticipate the barriers for those who want to participate in vocational education.

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Prison Break. Education of young adults in closed prisons—building a bridge from prison to civil society?

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Katariina Mertanen¹, Kristiina Brunila¹•Institutions (1)

University of Helsinki¹

01 Apr 2018-Education inquiry

TL;DR: Prison education is seen in both criminal and education policies as a way of assimilating inmates "back into society" as mentioned in this paper. But despite the policy emphasis on education, the practices in prison educatio...

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Abstract: Prison education is seen in both criminal and education policies as a way of assimilating inmates ‘back into society’. In spite of the policy emphasis on education, the practices in prison educatio...

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...Surprisingly, in some prison reports, prison work (e.g. maintenance duties) is considered to be education or at least is believed to bestow some educational benefit (Hawley, Murphy and Souto-Otero 2013; Prison education in Finland 2011; Alós et al. 2015)....
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...There are some European indications suggesting that employment rates after incarceration are quite low, and are lowest among former inmates that have no official educational qualification (Alós et al. 2015; Hawley, Murphy & Souto-Otero 2013; Prison Education in Finland 2011)....
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...Education and training in prison aim to enhance an individual’s skills for these essential abilities (Mertanen, 2013; Alós et al. 2015; Koski & Miettinen 2007)....
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Investigating cognitive skill use in work environments and the connection to literacy and numeracy proficiencies : analysis of incarcerated and household adults

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Emily Buehler

01 Jan 2019

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Prisoners’ participation and involvement in prison life: Examining the possibilities and boundaries:

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Dorien Brosens

01 Jul 2019-European Journal of Criminology

TL;DR: Prisoners participation and involvement in prison life are becoming important topics featuring on European political agendas as discussed by the authors, to investigate the different types of prisoner participation and involusi cation in the criminal justice system.

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Abstract: Prisoners’ participation and involvement in prison life are becoming important topics featuring on European political agendas. To investigate the different types of prisoner participation and invol...

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Adolescence-limited and life-course-persistent antisocial behavior: A developmental taxonomy.

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Terrie E. Moffitt¹•Institutions (1)

University of Wisconsin-Madison¹

01 Oct 1993-Psychological Review

TL;DR: It is suggested that delinquency conceals 2 distinct categories of individuals, each with a unique natural history and etiology: a small group engages in antisocial behavior of 1 sort or another at every life stage, whereas a larger group is antisocial only during adolescence.

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Abstract: This chapter suggests that delinquency conceals two distinct categories of individuals, each with a unique natural history and etiology: A small group engages in antisocial behavior of one sort or another at every life stage, whereas a larger group is antisocial only during adolescence. According to the theory of life-course-persistent antisocial behavior, children's neuropsychological problems interact cumulatively with their criminogenic environments across development, culminating m a pathological personality. According to the theory of adolescence-limited antisocial behavior, a contemporary maturity gap encourages teens to mimic antisocial behavior in ways that are normative and adjustive. There are marked individual differences in the stability of antisocial behavior. The chapter reviews the mysterious relationship between age and antisocial behavior. Some youths who refrain from antisocial behavior may, for some reason, not sense the maturity gap and therefore lack the hypothesized motivation for experimenting with crime.

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...This group is close to the life-course-persistent antisocial behaviour identified by Moffitt (1993)....
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A general theory of crime.

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Michael R. Gottfredson, Travis Hirschi

01 Jan 1990-Scientific Programming

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the social consequences of low self-control in criminal events and individual propensities: age, gender, and race, as well as white-collar crime.

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Abstract: Preface Part I. Crime: 1. Classical theory and the idea of crime 2. The nature of crime Part II. Criminality: 3. Biological positivism 4. Psychological, economic, and sociological positivism 5. The nature of criminality: low self-control Part II. Applications of the Theory: 6. Criminal events and individual propensities: age, gender, and race 7. The social consequences of low self-control 8. Culture and crime 9. White-collar crime 10. Organization and crime Part IV. Research and Policy: 11. Research design and measurement 12. Implications for public policy Index.

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Crime in the Making: Pathways and Turning Points Through Life.

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Robert A. Silverman, Robert J. Sampson, John H. Laub

01 Jan 1994-Social Forces

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...Sampson and Laub (1995) highlight the importance of life course, and in particular the transition to adulthood, in the individual offender’s behaviour....
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...Specifically in relation to work, good relations between employer and employee (obligations, expectations and interdependence) facilitate the development of social control (Sampson and Laub, 1995)....
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...confirm the importance of agency in criminal behaviour, though the interaction of several contextual aspects is often fundamental to the process of desistance (Bottoms et al., 2004; Kivivuori and Linderborg, 2010; Sampson and Laub, 1995)....
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...We can therefore conclude that, although age is a determinant of attitude towards employment, according to Sampson and Laub (1995) and other authors, its interaction with personal variables (experience, knowledge and motivation) and structural or contextual variables (family, friends and labour…...
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...The situation and family ties (marital status and children) show some association between being married and not reoffending, in agreement with Sampson and Laub (1995), but these factors do not greatly affect the possibility of finding a job; single persons are more likely to reoffend, and are…...
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Making Good: How Ex-Convicts Reform and Rebuild Their Lives

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Shadd Maruna

01 Oct 2000

TL;DR: Maruna as discussed by the authors argues that to truly understand offenders, we must understand the stories that they tell - and that in turn this story-making process has the capacity to transform lives, and provides a fascinating narrative analysis of the lives of repeat offenders who, by all statistical measures, should have continued on the criminal path but instead have created lives of productivity and purpose.

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Abstract: Can hardened criminals really reform? "Making Good" provides resounding proof that the answer is yes. This book provides a fascinating narrative analysis of the lives of repeat offenders who, by all statistical measures, should have continued on the criminal path but instead have created lives of productivity and purpose. This examination of the phenomenology of "making good" includes an encyclopedic review of the literature on personal reform as well as a practical guide to the use of narratives in offender counseling and rehabilitation.The author's research shows that criminals who desist from crime have constructed powerful narratives that aided them in making sense of their pasts, finding fulfillment in productive behaviors, and feeling in control of their future. Borrowing from the field of narrative psychology, Maruna argues that to truly understand offenders, we must understand the stories that they tell - and that in turn this story-making process has the capacity to transform lives. "Making Good" challenges some of the cherished assumptions of various therapy models for offenders and supports new paradigms for offender rehabilitation. This groundbreaking book is a must read for criminologists, forensic psychologists, lawyers, rehabilitation counselors, or anyone interested in the generative process of change.

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...The process of building a new life is difficult: old ties must be cut and new ones created (Bales and Mears, 2008; Baskin and Sommers, 1998; Maruna, 2001; Uggen, 2000)....
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"Effects of prison work programmes o..." refers background in this paper

...…programmes in correctional facilities (Travis, 2005) or ‘prison works’ from the viewpoint of rational choice (Bottoms et al., 2004; Nelken, 2009), Gottfredson and Hirschi (1990) propose a concept of control that they see as a permanent inner state rather than a social product: crimes are the…...
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...Those who come from a single short stay are the ones who perform by far the best in the labour market, whereas reoffending involves a spiral that favours further recidivism (Gottfredson and Hirschi, 1990; Luque et al., 2005; Sampson and Laub, 1995)....
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