Gillis and Narfekh Flashcards
why is a community based employment so effective?
enabling a person with a history of offending to get ad keep a job is probably the most effective intervention to prevent re-offending and improve quality of life
how many people go into re-offending programmes ?
less than a third have a job/ training or education to go into
what following characteristics are essential for an effective employment scheme ?
no exclusions = everyone who wants to find work is welcome
support through the gates= support workers that assist in prison and outside
in work support= continued help following work placement
input for ex-offenders= peer support work
what subsections is G+N apart of ?
imprisonment
what are the other studies in this subsection?
gillis and narfekh
Dooley
haney+ zimbardo
what did g+n look into?
the impact of community based employment on offender reintegration
what is the aim of the research?
to investigate the effect of recividism rates of a community -based employment scheme
what were the participants ?
23,525 individuals released between 1998-2005
(95% were male)
70% had a history of unstable behaviour
what did the procedure include ?
a content analysis from canadas offender management system
what design was used?
matched pairs
what were offenders matched on?
gender risk level release year sentence length family/ marital relations substance abuse emotional orientation community functioning attitude
what were the two groups? and what were they compared on?
employed vs unemployed
outcome
what was the first finding ?
those on employment programme were more likely to remain on conditional release and less likely to re-offend
what was the second stat finding ?
70% of employed stayed out of prison
55% of unemployed stayed out of prison
what was the conclusion ?
employment programmes do work and do reduce the likelihood of re-offending
