Crime and Employment: Critical Issues in Crime Reduction for Corrections

By Jesse L. Krienert

Crime and Employment crystallizes the issue of work as a rehabilitative instrument in the modern correctional environment. Contributors explore the effect of employment on crime and recidivism, with its implications for correctional programs and operations as well as for ex-offender reintegration into the community. This book will be of great value to practitioners and policymakers corrections, criminal justice, criminology, social problems, labor policy, social welfare, deviance and social control.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0759104050
• ISBN13: 9780759104051
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Altamira Press
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 9.2"