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Can prisons move people into better jobs? A look at correctional vocational training programs and sectoral employment outcomes

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Three‐quarters of US prisons offer vocational training programs, which aim to place trainees in middle‐skills jobs in specific occupational sectors post‐release. These middle‐skills jobs may more effectively reduce recidivism than the jobs that normally characterize the labor market experience of the formerly incarcerated, yet whether ...
Britte van Tiem
wiley   +1 more source

Implementation of a Suicide Risk Screening Instrument in a Remand Prison Service in Berlin. [PDF]

Front Psychiatry, 2018
Dezsö D, Konrad N, Seewald K, Opitz-Welke A.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Correctional officers and drug smuggling: Boundary work, horizontal surveillance, and cultural responses to drug entry

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Drug entry into prisons represents a serious issue for both incarcerated people and prison staff. Although substances enter prisons in many ways, staff drug smuggling represents a consistent problem facing correctional institutions globally. We draw on 131 interviews with correctional officers (COs) working in four Western Canadian prisons to ...
William J. Schultz, Sandra M. Bucerius, Kevin D. Haggerty   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Statewide sanctuary policies and female homicide rates, 2016–2021

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract The current study examines whether state immigration enforcement policies, such as sanctuary policies that limit local police cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, are associated with female homicide rates in the United States (2016–2021).
Kaitlin M. Boyle, Sophia Shaiman, Veronica Valencia Gonzalez, Wendy Regoeczi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Affordances, dread, and online fraud: Exploring and advancing social learning theory in online contexts

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract We investigate how the affordances of an online context shape the processes of social learning. Using a dataset of more than 11,000 posts from the fraud subdread on the dark web forum Dread, we examine how affordances of platform governance, connectivity, anonymity, invisibility, asynchronicity, and limited oversight influence the components ...
Fangzhou Wang, Timothy Dickinson
wiley   +1 more source

Focused deterrence can reduce crime: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials and quasi‐experiments

Criminology &Public Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract Research summary Crime and violence continue to be problems that plague urban areas across the United States and the globe. One key approach for responding to these problems is “focused deterrence” which includes programs that prevent criminal behavior by blending criminal justice, social service, and community‐based action.
Anthony A. Braga, Brandon S. Turchan, David L. Weisburd   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is State Tax Policy Associated With State‐Level COVID‐19 Restrictions? La politique fiscale des États est‐elle associée aux restrictions introduites pendant la crise de COVID‐19 ?

Contemporary Accounting Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT During the COVID‐19 pandemic, states imposed restrictions intended to slow the spread of the virus. We investigate whether states' reliance on consumption tax revenue, relative to other tax revenue sources, is associated with the duration of COVID‐19 mobility restrictions.
Nathan C. Goldman, Stephen J. Lusch, Luke Watson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A cost–benefit analysis of the implementation and scale‐up of harm reduction interventions in the Australian Capital Territory

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims Harm reduction interventions aim to reduce negative consequences of drug use. We aimed to estimate the cost, health impact and economic benefits of current, expanded and new harm reduction interventions for people who use drugs in the Australian Capital Territory.
Anna L. Bowring, Tom Tidhar, Anna Olsen, Christopher Bailie, Kelvin Burke, Rowan Martin‐Hughes, Helen Keane, Paul Dietze, Nick Scott   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Addiction‐related problems in Japan: A regional perspective

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Japan's addiction landscape appears paradoxical. The lifetime use of illicit drugs is among the lowest in Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development countries, but harm from alcohol, tobacco, and gambling ranks among the world's highest.
Soichiro Ide, Yoko Nishitani, Masahiko Sumitani, Masabumi Minami, Tadashi Isa, Masako Iseki, Michiko Ohkura, Hitoshi Okamoto, Tetsuro Kikuchi, Yuko Sekino, Hidehiko Takahashi, Kenji Takeuchi, Atsumi Nitta, Takeshi Honjo, Hiroshi Matsumoto, Tsuyoshi Miyakawa, Toshiya Murai, Toshihiko Matsumoto, Kazuyuki Nakagome, Kazutaka Ikeda   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Smoking and drinking among the Gypsy and Traveller communities: A population study in England

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims Gypsy and Traveller communities in the United Kingdom (UK) face substantial health challenges. Smoking tobacco and drinking alcohol likely contribute to health disparities, but there is little national data on the prevalence or heaviness of smoking and drinking among these communities.
Eve Taylor, Harry Tattan‐Birch, Melissa Oldham, Katherine East, Hannah Walsh, Sarah Jackson   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source