The perceived employability of ex-prisoners and offenders

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 673-685

  Graffam, Joseph ^a   Shinkfield, Alison J ^a   Hardcastle, Lesley ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Employment; Ex prisoners; Offenders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPLOYABILITY; EMPLOYER; EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OFFENDER; PRISONER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKILL;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PRISONERS; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC OPINION; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; VICTORIA; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EID: 55049116416     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X07307783     Document Type: Article

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