The value of finding employment for white-collar ex-offenders

A study describes a 20-year criminological follow-up of a consecutive series of 348 male ex-offenders seeking white-collar employment who were offered the services of a specialist employment agency (APEX) in the early 1970s. There is no evidence that finding a job by APEX had been beneficial in reco...

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Published in:British journal of criminology 1997-10, Vol.37 (4), p.582-592
Main Authors: Soothill, Keith, Francis, Brian, Ackerley, Elizabeth
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Convictions
Criminals
Criminology
Employment
Employment agencies
Job Search
Men
Offenders
Recidivism
White Collar Crime
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Summary:A study describes a 20-year criminological follow-up of a consecutive series of 348 male ex-offenders seeking white-collar employment who were offered the services of a specialist employment agency (APEX) in the early 1970s. There is no evidence that finding a job by APEX had been beneficial in reconviction terms.
ISSN:0007-0955
1464-3529