Rehabilitating futures: Assessing the effects of correctional employment-focused programs on recidivism and employment

IF 2.8 2区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS

European Economic Review Pub Date : 2025-01-23 DOI:10.1016/j.euroecorev.2025.104954

M. Antonella Mancino

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Abstract

In this paper, I explore the effects of participating in employment-focused programs during incarceration, encompassing job skills and vocational training, on post-release employment and crime outcomes. I develop and estimate a dynamic model of crime, employment, and correctional program participation, using data from serious juvenile offenders in Maricopa County and Philadelphia County. I find that participating in employment-focused programs results in a 4.9%-point increase in employment and a 7.9%-point reduction in crime within three years post-release. These programs facilitate the transition to the legal labor sector and enhance employment stability, mitigating some of the adverse effects of criminal records. They also have a modest impact on preferences towards crime. Furthermore, I show that correctional employment-focused programs significantly affect post-release crime and employment outcomes even if criminal experience has accumulated, and that policies that enhance the impact of such programs on the job-arrival rate can have crucial effects on subsequent crime and employment outcomes.

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改造的未来：评估以就业为重点的矫正项目对累犯和就业的影响

在本文中，我探讨了在监禁期间参加以就业为重点的项目，包括工作技能和职业培训，对释放后就业和犯罪结果的影响。我利用马里科帕县和费城县的严重少年犯的数据，开发并估计了犯罪、就业和惩教项目参与的动态模型。我发现，参加以就业为重点的项目，在释放后的三年内，就业率提高了4.9%，犯罪率降低了7.9%。这些项目促进了向合法劳动部门的过渡，增强了就业稳定性，减轻了犯罪记录的一些不利影响。他们对犯罪倾向也有一定的影响。此外，我还表明，即使积累了犯罪经验，以就业为重点的惩教项目也会显著影响释放后的犯罪和就业结果，并且提高此类项目对就业到达率的影响的政策对随后的犯罪和就业结果有至关重要的影响。

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European Economic Review ECONOMICS-

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4.70

自引率

3.60%

发文量

170

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