Crime and Employment crystallizes the issue of work as a rehabilitative instrument in the modern correctional environment. Contributors explore the effect of employment on crime and recidivism, with its implications for correctional programs and operations as well as for ex-offender reintegration into the community. This book will be of great value to practitioners and policymakers corrections, criminal justice, criminology, social problems, labor policy, social welfare, deviance and social control.

Contributions by: Richard P. Seiter, Jess Maghan, Kelly Hird, William G. Saylor, Gerald G. Gaes, Martha L. Henderson, Adam M. Bossler, St Louis)