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CRIME AND EMPLOYMENT ISSUES - A COLLECTION OF POLICY RELEVANT MONOGRAPHS

NCJ Number
47674
Date Published
1978
Length
181 pages
Annotation
ISSUE PAPERS AND A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CRIME AND EMPLOYMENT/UNEMPLOYMENT FOCUS ON THE EMPLOYMENT-RELATED NEEDS OF YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS AND INSTITUTIONS THAT PROVIDE SUPPORT.
Abstract
SPECIFIC TOPICS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: OFFENDERS' PERSPECTIVES ON CRIME AS A WAY TO EARN A LIVING; POLICY INITIATIVES FOR EMPLOYMENT AND CRIME PROBLEMS; YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT AND OTHER ISSUES AFFECTING LEVELS OF VIOLENCE; A SOCIOECONOMIC APPROACH TO UNEMPLOYMENT AND CRIME; AND PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN PRISONS. OTHER TOPICS ARE THE POTENTIAL OF PRISON INDUSTRIES, THE ROLE OF THE ARMED FORCES IN PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH; EMPLOYMENT PROBLEMS OF EX-OFFENDERS, EDUCATION/WORK GRANTS FOR PEOPLE ON THE FRINGE OF THE ECONOMY, AND LAWS PROHIBITING EMPLOYERS FROM FIRING ARRESTED EMPLOYEES FOR THE DURATION OF A MANDATED 'COOLING OFF' PERIOD. THE SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY LISTS APPROXIMATELY 630 BOOKS, REPORTS, ARTICLES, AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS, AND IS ACCOMPANIED BY SUBJECT AND AUTHOR INDEXES. THE MATERIAL, LARGELY PRODUCED SINCE 1970 THOUGH EARLIER WORKS ARE INCLUDED, IS DIVIDED INTO THE FOLLOWING SUBJECT HEADINGS: CORRECTIONS, CRIME, DELINQUENCY, DETERRENCE, DISADVANTAGED, ECONOMICS, EDUCATION, EMPLOYABILITY, EMPLOYMENT, EX-OFFENDERS, LABOR MARKET, MANPOWER PROGRAMS, POLITICS, PRISONS, SOCIAL SERVICES, UNEMPLOYMENT, AND YOUTH. SEE ALSO NCJ 47675-47686. (LKM)