After Prison: Navigating Employment and Reintegration, edited by Rose Ricciardelli and Adrienne M.F. Peters
Employment for former prisoners is a critical pathway toward reintegration into society and is central to the processes of desistance from crime. After Prison opens with a former prisoner's story of reintegration employment experiences. Next, relying on a combination of research interviews, quantitative data, and literature, contributors present an international comparative review of Canada's evolving criminal record legislation; the promotive features of employment; the complex constraints and stigma former prisoners encounter as they seek employment; and the individual and societal benefits of assisting former prisoners attain "gainful" employment. A main theme throughout is the interrelationship between employment and other central conditions necessary for safety and sustenance.
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