Beyond the Employment Dichotomy: An Examination of Recidivism and Days Remaining in the Community by Post-Release Employment Status

Amanda M. Bunting; Michele Staton; Erin Winston; Kevin Pangburn

doi:10.1177/0306624X18808685

Beyond the Employment Dichotomy: An Examination of Recidivism and Days Remaining in the Community by Post-Release Employment Status

Amanda M. Bunting
, Michele Staton
, Erin Winston
, Kevin Pangburn

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Abstract

Criminological research has tended to consider employment in a dichotomy of employed versus unemployed. The current research examines a sample of individuals 1-year post-release to assess the extent to which four distinct employment categories (full-time, part-time, disabled, and unemployed) are associated with reincarceration and days remaining in the community. Findings indicate disabled individuals remain in the community longer and at a higher proportion compared with other employment categories. Furthermore, unique protective and risk factors are found to be associated with each employment category while some risk factors (e.g., homelessness) highlight the importance of addressing reentry barriers regardless as to employment status.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	712-733
Number of pages	22
Journal	International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
Volume	63
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X18808685
State	Published - Apr 1 2019

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The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship and/or publication of this article: The first author was supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Grant T32DA035200 (PI: Rush). This research would not have been possible without the Department of Corrections participation; however, the findings and ideas presented are solely those of the authors.

Funders	Funder number
National Institute on Drug Abuse	T32DA035200

Keywords

employment
prison
recidivism
reentry
time series

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Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Applied Psychology

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Beyond the Employment Dichotomy: An Examination of Recidivism and Days Remaining in the Community by Post-Release Employment Status. / Bunting, Amanda M.; Staton, Michele; Winston, Erin et al.
In: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol. 63, No. 5, 01.04.2019, p. 712-733.

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