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A Signaling Perspective on Employment‐Based Reentry Programming

2012; Wiley; Volume: 11; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1745-9133.2012.00786.x

1745-9133

Shawn D. Bushway, Robert Apel,

Crime Patterns and Interventions

Criminology & Public PolicyVolume 11, Issue 1 p. 21-50 RESEARCH ARTICLE A Signaling Perspective on Employment-Based Reentry Programming Training Completion as a Desistance Signal Shawn D. Bushway, Shawn D. Bushway University at AlbanySearch for more papers by this authorRobert Apel, Robert Apel Rutgers UniversitySearch for more papers by this author Shawn D. Bushway, Shawn D. Bushway University at AlbanySearch for more papers by this authorRobert Apel, Robert Apel Rutgers UniversitySearch for more papers by this author First published: 01 February 2012 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-9133.2012.00786.xCitations: 184 The authors would like to thank three anonymous reviewers along with Gregory DeAngelo, Daniel Nagin, Raymond Paternoster, and Peter Reuter for helpful comments. We also would like to thank Thomas Blomberg, Daniel Mears, and Julie Mestre for excellent editorial advice and encouragement. Finally, we owe a special debt to Cindy Redcross, Dan Bloom, and the staff at the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation and the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) for graciously providing us with unpublished data from the CEO evaluation under a tight time schedule. All errors remain our own. Direct correspondence to Shawn D. Bushway, School of Criminal Justice, University at Albany, 135 Western Ave., Albany, NY 12222 (e-mail: [email protected]). Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. 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