Enhancing the Career Development of Individuals Who Have Criminal Records
✍ Scribed by Mindi N. Thompson; Devon L. Cummings
- Publisher
- American Counseling Association
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 85 KB
- Volume
- 58
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0889-4019
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✦ Synopsis
Large numbers of individuals are involved in the criminal justice system. Upon release, most have difficulty finding employment and stabilizing economic resources, which contribute to recidivism. To date, the role of work in the lives of ex‐offenders has virtually been ignored in the vocational literature. The purpose of this article is to increase awareness of this group by highlighting vocational implications of having a criminal record; reviewing existing interventions demonstrated to be beneficial (e.g., teaching skills prior to release, restorative justice interventions); and providing suggestions to more readily include this group in future practice, research, and policy.