Ex-offender employment programs and recidivism: A meta-analysis

Journal of Experimental Criminology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 295-316

  Visher, Christy A ^a   Winterfield, Laura ^a   Coggeshall, Mark B ^a  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment programs for offenders; Experimental studies; Meta analysis; Offenders; Prisoners; Randomized controlled trials; Recidivism; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746896188     PISSN: 15733750     EISSN: 15728315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11292-005-8127-x     Document Type: Article

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