Work as a Turning Point for Criminal Offenders: Critical Issues in Crime Reduction for Corrections

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Post-Release Recidivism and Employment among Different Types of Released Offenders: A 5-Year Follow-Up Study in the United States (2014, background): “Previous researchers (Finn, 1998; Harrison & Schehr, 2004; Solomom, et al., 2008; Visher, et al., 2008; Uggen, 2000; Uggen & Staff, 2001; Wadsworth, 2006) indicated that post-release employment could serve as an important mechanism to prevent ex-offenders from involvement in criminal activities…”
Ex-offender employment programs and recidivism: A meta-analysis (2005, background): “Work organizes daily behavior and patterns of interaction, and becomes an important source of informal social control for exoffenders (Sampson and Laub 1977; Uggen 1999; Uggen and Staff 2001; Wilson 1997).”
Evaluating the Long-Term Effects of Prisoner Reentry Services on Recidivism: What Types of Services Matter? (2016, background): “For example, a review of research indicates that employment and education programs can reduce recidivism or improve employment outcomes for certain subgroups of offenders (MacKenzie, 2006; Saylor & Gaes, 1997; Uggen, 2000; Uggen & Staff, 2001).”
An Experimental Evaluation of a Comprehensive Employment-Oriented Prisoner Re-entry Program (2014, unknown): “He has speculated that older offenders are more amenable to employment-oriented interventions (Uggen and Staff 2001), perhaps because they are more motivated.”