The Effects of Criminal Justice Contact on Employment Stability for White-Collar and Street-Level Offenders

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-84

  Kerley, Kent R ^a   Copes, Heith ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Criminal justice contact; Employment stability; Prison; White collar crime

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; CRIMINOLOGY; EMPLOYABILITY; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; JOB FINDING; MALE; OFFENDER; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRISON; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CRIME; CRIMINAL LAW; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0347088874     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X03256660     Document Type: Article

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