Arbeitspapier
Life after prison: The relationship between employment and re-incarceration
We explore the relationship between formal employment and recidivism using a dataset that follows every Norwegian resident released from prison in 2003 for several years. By the end of 2006, 27 percent are re-incarcerated. Using a Cox proportional hazard model that controls for a host of individual characteristics, we find that the hazard of re-incarceration is 63 percent lower for those getting employed compared to those not getting employed. While some of the moderating association between employment and re-incarceration is accounted for by observable individual characteristics, the substantially lower hazard for those getting employed indicates a possibility of a considerable benign effect of employment on recidivism. Our analysis thus provides further indication that provision of employment opportunities can facilitate the return to society after release from prison.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Discussion Papers ; No. 597
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Demographic Economics: Other
Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior: Other
- Thema
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prison
recidivism
employment
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Skardhamar, Torbjørn
Telle, Kjetil
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Statistics Norway, Research Department
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Oslo
- (wann)
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2009
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Skardhamar, Torbjørn
- Telle, Kjetil
- Statistics Norway, Research Department
Entstanden
- 2009
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