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Finding and Keeping a Job The Value and Meaning of Employment for Parolees
Adrian Cherney,Robin Fitzgerald +1 more
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In this paper, the role of social networks and commercial employment providers in helping parolees find work, the perceived value of institutional work and training, and the meanings, challenges, and impact of managing the disclosure of one's criminal past to employers.Abstract:
Finding stable employment has been identified as one of the best predictors of post-release success among prisoners However, offenders face a number of challenges in securing employment when released from prison This article examines processes that shape the abilities and motivations of parolees to secure gainful employment by examining interview data collected from parolees in Queensland, Australia (n = 50) We explore the role of social networks and commercial employment providers in helping parolees find work, the perceived value of institutional work and training, and the meanings, challenges, and impact of managing the disclosure of one's criminal past to employers Findings highlight that the role and influence of employment on a parolee's reintegration is conditional on his or her supportive social networks, ability to manage stigma, and personal changes in identity, which elevate the importance of work in a parolee's life Our findings also show how employment provides opportunities for offenders to self-construct and articulate new identitiesread more
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Beyond the walls: Risk factors for overdose mortality following release from the Philadelphia Department of Prisons.
TL;DR: Previously incarcerated individuals are at high risk of overdose death following release from a local CJS, especially in the earliest weeks following release, and prevention measures including behavioral health treatment and referral and take-home naloxone may reduce overdose mortality after release.
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The Impact of Vocational Education and Training Programs on Recidivism: A Systematic Review of Current Experimental Evidence:
Danielle Newton,Andrew Day,Margaret Giles,Joanne Wodak,Joseph Graffam,Eileen Baldry,Eileen Baldry +6 more
TL;DR: A systematic review of studies that have used experimental or quasi-experimental designs to evaluate vocational training and employment program outcomes for adult offenders identifies key features of those programs associated with the best outcomes and recommends selection criteria for those who are most likely to benefit from prison vocational education and training.
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An exception to the rule: Belief in redeemability, desistance signals, and the employer’s decision to hire a job applicant with a criminal record
TL;DR: This paper examined whether employment outcomes for ex-offenders are associated with employers' subjective belief in redeemability mediated through exoffenders' objective desistance signals, and found that both beliefs positively and significantly predicted employers' hiring decisions.
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Contrast between Spain and the Netherlands in the hidden obstacles to re-entry into the labour market due to a criminal record.
E.G. Kurtovic,Marti Rovira +1 more
TL;DR: The differences between European countries in the obstacles ex-offenders face due to having a criminal record are analyzed to highlight the difference between norms of transparency/privacy and inclusive/exclusive ideals and self-exclusion seems to be a key mechanism for understanding unsuccessful re-entry into the labour market.
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Efforts by offenders to manage and overcome stigma: the case of employment
Adrian Cherney,Robin Fitzgerald +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore how released prisoners on parole overcome the stigma of a criminal conviction in their attempts to secure employment and highlight how overcoming the consequences of stigma for finding work requires forms of identity management, and assistance by family and friends that send signals to employers that a former inmate has changed and is a capable worker.
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