Corrections Education and Employment Assistance "Down Under": Current and Emerging Practices and Paradigms

Autor/inn/en	Graffam, Joe; Shinkfield, Alison J.; Lavelle, Barbara
Titel	Corrections Education and Employment Assistance "Down Under": Current and Emerging Practices and Paradigms
Quelle	In: London Review of Education, 12 (2014) 2, S.221-234 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1474-8479
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Correctional Education; Correctional Institutions; Correctional Rehabilitation; Employment Opportunities; Employment Potential; Employment Services; Case Studies; Institutionalized Persons; Recidivism; Case Records; Access to Education; Vocational Education; Job Training; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Fürsorgeerziehung; Jugendstrafvollzug; Berufschance; Beschäftigungschance; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Employment service; Arbeitsvermittlung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Rückfall; Case reports; Fallsammlung; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; Australien
Abstract	This article provides a view of contemporary Australia in terms of patterns of offending and incarceration, the characteristics of its correctional systems, vocational education and training (VET) within correctional settings, and post-release employment of prisoners and offenders serving community-based orders (CBOs). A two-year case study of employment assistance for 2,458 Australian prisoners and offenders serving CBOs was evaluated. The voluntary 12-month programme targeted participants at moderate to high risk of reoffending. Overall, employment outcomes were positive with more than one-third of registrations resulting in employment. Employment outcomes varied for gender and participant status (prisoner/offender). Recidivism outcomes were analysed for the whole programme and for a random sample of 600 prisoner participants. Results indicated a very low overall recidivism rate (7.46 per cent) for programme participants, and comparison of pre-programme and post-release recidivism showed reduced recidivism on three recidivism measures. The findings are contextualized in terms of current thinking and emerging practices in offender treatment, with a focus on reintegration as ecological system engagement and integrated systems of support as central to promoting positive lifestyle change. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01