Job Searching with A History of Drugs and Crime

This article explores the experiences and aspirations of offenders with histories of substance misuse in job searching. The analysis is based upon qualitative data from a localised study of 27 men and two women who were undertaking community‐based court orders in Scotland. Their perspectives on job searching, job‐readiness and aspirations for sustained employment including the role of self‐employment are presented. The article concludes that with adequate support, greater tolerance and flexibility by employers and job searchers could contribute to reducing the vicious cycle of suspicion and dishonesty. Policy action needs to be sustained and possibly augmented to include enterprise training

Action (physics · Criminology · Economics · Flexibility (engineering · Management · Political science · Public relations · Virtuous circle and vicious circle · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Psychology

• Citizenship on probation

  Open Access•Beth Weaver, Cara Jardine•Probation Journal•2022

  Incluir item

• Current Inmate Expected Post-Release Needs and Perceived Barriers to Future Voluntary After-Care Program Attendance

  Loreen Wolfer•Journal of Social Service Research•2019

  Incluir item

• "Change" Frames and the Mobilization of Social Capital for Formerly Incarcerated Job Seekers

  Open Access•Sandra Susan Smith•Du Bois Review Social Science…•2018

  Incluir item

• The Discovery of Grounded Theory

  Barney G Glaser, Anselm L Strauss•Discovery of Grounded Theory•2017

  Incluir item

• The Discovery of Grounded Theory

  Barney G Glaser, Anselm L Strauss•Discovery of Grounded Theory•2017

  Incluir item

• Qualitative Researching

  Jennifer Mason•Qualitative Researching•2018

  Incluir item

• Identifying the Effect of Unemployment on Crime

  Steven Raphael, Rudolf Winter‐Ebmer•The Journal of Law and Economics•2001

  Incluir item

• Employing Ex‐Offenders

  Open Access•Martin Gill•The Howard Journal of Criminal…•1997

  Incluir item

• Jobs for the Boys

  Open Access•Gill McIvor•The Howard Journal of Criminal…•1998

  Incluir item

• Employability and problem drug users

  Open Access•Peter A Kemp, Joanne Neale•Critical Social Policy•2005

  Incluir item

• Ex‐Offenders, the Labour Market and the New Public Administration

  Open Access•Del Roy Fletcher•Public Administration•2001

  Incluir item

• The Transition From Organisational Employment to Portfolio Working

  Open Access•Laurie Cohen, Mary Mallon•Work Employment and Society•1999

  Incluir item

• Portfolio Workers

  Open Access•Janet Fraser, Michael Gold•Work Employment and Society•2001

  Incluir item