Incarceration Experience at Older Ages : Does Employment Protect Against Recidivism?

• Autorzy: Piotr Błędowski , Joanna Felczak , Ewa Gałecka-Burdziak , Marek Góra
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

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. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Unemployment; Employment; Resocialization

PL

Bezrobocie; Zatrudnienie; Resocjalizacja

• Czasopismo: Economics & Sociology
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: 16
• Numer: nr 1
• Strony: 11--28

Twórcy

autor

Piotr Błędowski

• SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Poland

autor

Joanna Felczak

• SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Poland

autor

Ewa Gałecka-Burdziak

• SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Poland; LCC, Australia

autor

Marek Góra

• SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Poland

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DOI

10.14254/2071-789X.2023/16-1/1