The Impact of Federal Prison Industries Employment on the Recidivism Outcomes of Female Inmates
The Impact of Federal Prison Industries Employment on the Recidivism Outcomes of Female Inmates
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联邦监狱行业就业对女囚犯累犯结果的影响
DOI：
10.1080/07418825.2012.668924
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发表时间：
2014
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Kerry M. Richmond
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作者：
Kerry M. Richmond
女性罪犯在就业方面面临许多障碍，包括缺乏教育和工作经验。惩教工作方案提供技能培训和接触工作程序和规范，但很少有研究表明这些方案是否可以提高妇女的就业能力，从而减少释放后的累犯。这项纵向研究探讨是否就业的联邦监狱工业计划，UNICOR，减少累犯之间的一个大样本的女囚犯。倾向评分用于控制选择偏倚。这项研究发现，在UNICOR雇用的囚犯和那些谁没有重新逮捕或重新承诺联邦监狱之间没有显着差异。UNICOR的就业时间长短也没有显示出对累犯的影响。在制定管教方案时，必须考虑到女性罪犯的性别特殊需要，因为就业以外的因素可能对妇女停止犯罪的能力更为重要。
Female offenders face many barriers to employment, including a lack of education and work experience. Correctional work programs offer skills training and exposure to work routines and norms, yet there is scant research on whether these programs can increase a woman's employability, and thus reduce recidivism, upon release. This longitudinal study examines whether employment in the federal prison industries program, UNICOR, reduces recidivism among a large sample of female inmates. Propensity scores are utilized to control for selection bias. This study finds no significant differences in rearrest or recommitment to federal prison between inmates employed in UNICOR and those who were not. Length of UNICOR employment is also not shown to have an effect on recidivism. The gender-specific needs of female offenders must be taken into account when developing correctional programming as factors other than employment may be more salient to a woman's ability to desist from crime.