Incarceration experience at older ages. Does employment protect against recidivism?

IF 2.1 Q2 ECONOMICS

Economics & Sociology Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI:10.14254/2071-789x.2023/16-1/1

Piotr Błędowski, Joanna Felczak, Ewa Gałecka-Burdziak, Marek Góra

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Abstract

We investigate whether employment protects against and/or postpones recidivism among males who committed their first crime late in life. We use administrative data on 34,401 individuals, 44% of whom were employed at least once during the analysed period. We apply a multi-state model and difference in-differences approach. The results of the multi-state model indicate that employment reduced the risk of recidivism by 7% for those who were at risk of a second incarceration. On the other hand, employment increased the probability of subsequent recidivism by 8-10% for those who were at risk of a third or fourth incarceration. Our results suggest that institutional interventions should seek to increase the labour market attachment of former prisoners, and, in particular, should focus on ex-offenders with only one conviction. Being attached to the labour force seems to matter more, the fewer imprisonment spells an individual has experienced.

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老年人的监禁经历。雇佣能防止再犯吗?

我们调查就业是否可以防止和/或推迟在晚年犯下第一次犯罪的男性的再犯。我们使用了34,401个人的行政数据，其中44%的人在分析期间至少被雇佣过一次。我们采用了一个多状态模型和差分中的差分方法。多州模型的结果表明，对于那些有二次监禁风险的人来说，就业将再犯的风险降低了7%。另一方面，对于那些面临第三次或第四次监禁风险的人来说，就业使他们随后再犯的可能性增加了8-10%。我们的研究结果表明，机构干预应该寻求增加前囚犯的劳动力市场依恋，特别是应该关注只有一次定罪的前罪犯。一个人经历的监禁越少，与劳动力的联系似乎就越重要。

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Economics & Sociology ECONOMICS-

CiteScore

5.40

自引率

6.70%

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审稿时长

24 weeks

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