Recent research has
questioned the causal effect of employment on desistance from crime.
The aim of
the current study was to examine the post-release employment trajectories of
Finnish inmates convicted to prison in 2004–05 (n =
1,998) who are desisting from crime, using varying criteria.
While a majority
of the inmates received some salary from work during the four-year follow-up,
the results show that only one tenth of them were able to sustain a continued
streak of employment. Instead, the proportion outside of the labour force garew
with time from release.
The results suggest that employment plays a limited
role in the desistance processes in the current Finnish context. The potential
causes for this finding are discussed, and avenues for future research are
proposed.
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By:
Mikko Aaltonen, University of
Helsinki/Institute of Criminology and Legal Policy, PO Box 10 (Pitkänsillanranta 3 a), 00014 University of
Helsinki, Finland; mikko.aaltonen@helsinki.fi.
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