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The role of employment/training and its relationship to crime-free living through the voices of former Australian inmates
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J-F and Gillies, R and Caroll, A and Swabey, K and Pullen, D, The role of employment/training and its relationship to crime-free living through the voices of former Australian inmates, Proceedings of the 2016 Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) Conference, 27 November - 1 December 2016, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, pp. 1-17. ISSN 1324-9320 (2016) [Refereed Conference Paper]
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Abstract
This study explores employment/training experiences of adult Australian ex-inmates living crime-free. Little is known in terms of how employment/training comes to assist ex-inmates in living crime-free and, equally, what role employment/training has played in the lives of ex-inmates prior to and during incarceration. Integrating both qualitative and quantitative methods, employment/training was measured at pre-incarceration, during incarceration and post-incarceration to explore its relationship with crime-free living. All participants (n = 20) reported having employment prior to incarceration, but only a quarter reported that it was stable and secure. Participants also reported having ad hoc jobs during incarceration with less than one-fifth having post-prison employment. However, for a small group of participants who persisted with employment/training, they reported increased self-esteem. They also reported that employment/training was an informal social control alongside inherent social incentives of being a productive citizen. Therefore, employment may perhaps be a notable catalyst for successful transition/reintegration for those ex-inmates who actively seek out and persist with it. Importantly, over half of the participants reported that employment was not related to recidivism and/or safeguarding them from re-offending or in living crime-free.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Conference Paper |
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Keywords: | employment, training, crime-free, inmates |
Research Division: | Education |
Research Group: | Specialist studies in education |
Research Field: | Specialist studies in education not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Education and Training |
Objective Group: | Learner and learning |
Objective Field: | Learner and learning not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | J-F (Dr J F) |
UTAS Author: | Swabey, K (Professor Karen Swabey) |
UTAS Author: | Pullen, D (Dr Darren Pullen) |
ID Code: | 113216 |
Year Published: | 2016 |
Deposited By: | Education |
Deposited On: | 2016-12-15 |
Last Modified: | 2017-11-20 |
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