Add to ORKGEach year in the United States, thousands of individuals are released from prisons and must reintegrate into society. Ensuring these individuals obtain adequate employment upon release is key to keeping them from returning to the penal system. This paper examines different social work programs that attempt to secure employment for ex-offenders. This paper reviews the obstacles these programs face and considers how social workers can improve the effectiveness of these programs at preventing recidivism. This paper acknowledges that some of these programs have achieved moderate success in preventing recidivism but recognizes the need to research current programs’ methodologies so that more effective employment programs can be developed to comb...
Research has shown that there is a correlation between low employment rates and very high recidivism...
ii The recidivism rate of ex-offenders in America continues to increase each decade, and each decade...
Prison sentences vary depending on the crime committed. When sentences come to an end, prisoners ret...
Each year in the United States, thousands of individuals are released from prisons and must reintegr...
Incarceration has been an issue nationwide in the United States for decades due to policies from the...
Re-entry as a field was developed in response to the criminal justice system’s efforts to counter hi...
With crime and recidivism rates so high in the United States, a focus on reintegration and rehabilit...
Each year, roughly 700,000 prisoners are released from their six-by-eight-foot cells and back into s...
The transition from prison life back into society is not simple. The number of ex-prisoners that re...
This study analyzes changes in state laws related to prisoner reentry in 37 states from 1991 to 2013...
This study aims focus and attention toward the growing social problem of recidivism among ex-offende...
Research has shown that ex-offenders have a high risk of unemployment and that an association exists...
Numerous scholars have noted that the majority of prisoners will be reincarcerated within three year...
Although the disappointing results of earlier ex-offender programs convinced many that "nothing...
This paper focuses on evaluations of employment-based reentry programs. It begins with an overview o...
Research has shown that there is a correlation between low employment rates and very high recidivism...
ii The recidivism rate of ex-offenders in America continues to increase each decade, and each decade...
Prison sentences vary depending on the crime committed. When sentences come to an end, prisoners ret...
Each year in the United States, thousands of individuals are released from prisons and must reintegr...
Incarceration has been an issue nationwide in the United States for decades due to policies from the...
Re-entry as a field was developed in response to the criminal justice system’s efforts to counter hi...
With crime and recidivism rates so high in the United States, a focus on reintegration and rehabilit...
Each year, roughly 700,000 prisoners are released from their six-by-eight-foot cells and back into s...
The transition from prison life back into society is not simple. The number of ex-prisoners that re...
This study analyzes changes in state laws related to prisoner reentry in 37 states from 1991 to 2013...
This study aims focus and attention toward the growing social problem of recidivism among ex-offende...
Research has shown that ex-offenders have a high risk of unemployment and that an association exists...
Numerous scholars have noted that the majority of prisoners will be reincarcerated within three year...
Although the disappointing results of earlier ex-offender programs convinced many that "nothing...
This paper focuses on evaluations of employment-based reentry programs. It begins with an overview o...
Research has shown that there is a correlation between low employment rates and very high recidivism...
ii The recidivism rate of ex-offenders in America continues to increase each decade, and each decade...
Prison sentences vary depending on the crime committed. When sentences come to an end, prisoners ret...