Is employment associated with reduced recidivism?: The complex relationship between employment and crime

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 706-720

  Tripodi, Stephen J ^a   Kim, Johnny S ^b   Bender, Kimberly ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cox proportional hazard modeling; desistance from crime; employment; prisoners; recidivism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRIME; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PRISONER; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECURRENT DISEASE; SOCIALIZATION; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

ADULT; CRIME; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PRISONERS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECURRENCE; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SOCIALIZATION; TEXAS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 77957029642     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X09342980     Document Type: Article

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