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Author: Potter, Phoebe M.
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1. Potter, Phoebe M.
Employment and the Desistance Process: The Effect of Employment Status and Wages on Criminal Recidivism among Young Adults
M.A Thesis, Georgetown University, 2011.
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Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT)
Keyword(s): Crime; Criminal Justice System; Employment; Incarceration/Jail; Income Level; Labor Force Participation; Modeling, Hazard/Event History/Survival/Duration; Wages

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Every year, thousands of ex-convicts in the United States undergo the challenging process of reentering society. Contact with the criminal justice system can disrupt critical developmental experiences for young adults, often resulting in these individuals continuing a life of crime. The purpose of this study is to determine if employment is an effective way for young adults to re-transition into society after being convicted for a crime, and therefore increases the likelihood of desistance from crime. Using data from the NLSY 1997 cohort, the effects of employment status, weekly employment hours, and income on the length of time before an individual recidivates are estimated with Cox proportional hazard models. The results suggest that employment and income both have statistically significant negative relationships with recidivism. These findings are robust even when controlling for other factors that may be spuriously related to both employment and recidivism.
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Potter, Phoebe M. Employment and the Desistance Process: The Effect of Employment Status and Wages on Criminal Recidivism among Young Adults. M.A Thesis, Georgetown University, 2011..