The impact of vocational education and training programs on recidivism: a systematic review of current experimental evidence Newton, Danielle, Day, Andrew, Giles, Margaret, Wodak, Joanne, Graffam, Joe and Baldry, Eileen 2016, The impact of vocational education and training programs on recidivism: a systematic review of current experimental evidence, International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology, vol. In Press, pp. 1-21, doi: 10.1177/0306624X16645083. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title The impact of vocational education and training programs on recidivism: a systematic review of current experimental evidence Author(s) Newton, Danielle Day, Andrew Giles, Margaret Wodak, Joanne Graffam, Joe Baldry, Eileen Journal name International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology Volume number In Press Start page 1 End page 21 Total pages 21 Publisher Sage Publications Place of publication Thousand Oaks, Calif. Publication date 2016-05-13 ISSN 0306-624X 1552-6933 Keyword(s) employment vocational training prisoners recidivism Summary Although the association between unemployment and offending is well established, relatively little is known about the impact of vocational education and training programs on re-offending, with much of the previous work in this area failing to control for, or correct, selection bias. This article reports the findings of a systematic review, which considers the findings of only those studies that have used experimental or quasi-experimental designs to evaluate vocational training and employment program outcomes for adult offenders. The analysis identifies key features, based on these studies, of those programs associated with the best outcomes and recommends selection criteria for those who are most likely to benefit from prison vocational education and training. Language eng DOI 10.1177/0306624X16645083 Field of Research 160202 Correctional Theory, offender Treatment and Rehabilitation 1602 Criminology 1701 Psychology 1801 Law Socio Economic Objective 970117 Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2016, The Authors Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30086990 Document type: Journal Article Collection: School of Psychology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 12 Oct 2016, 09:14:31 EST Thu, 13 Oct 2016, 04:01:33 EST Wed, 18 Jan 2017, 15:39:57 EST Sat, 28 Jan 2017, 05:03:43 EST Wed, 08 Feb 2017, 16:02:54 EST Wed, 08 Feb 2017, 16:07:19 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 18 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 18 Jan 2017, 15:39:57 EST

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