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Offender Workforce Development Services Makes an Impact [1]

Accession Number: 025219
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Document
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Corrections Today [2]
NIC Update [3]

Results from an ongoing evaluation project on the effectiveness of offender workforce development (OWD) services are presented. “Drug and alcohol abuse and/or not continuing substance abuse treatment was identified as almost a universal barrier to post-release success” (p. 67). Those individuals that receive OWD services have a recidivism rate 33% lower than the comparison group.
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Publication Year: 
2011
Length: 
2 pages
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Author(s): 
Lichtenberger, Eric [8]
Weygandt, Scott [9]
Source(s): 
National Institute of Corrections (NIC) (Washington, DC) [10]
Part of the following Packages: 
Transition and Offender Workforce Development - NIC Resources [11]
Source URL: https://nicic.gov/offender-workforce-development-services-makes-impact

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[1] https://nicic.gov/offender-workforce-development-services-makes-impact
[2] https://nicic.gov/series/corrections-today
[3] https://nicic.gov/series/nic-update
[4] https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.nicic.gov/Library/025219.pdf
[5] https://nicic.gov/tags/evaluation-program-0
[6] https://nicic.gov/tags/arkansas
[7] https://nicic.gov/tags/evaluation
[8] https://nicic.gov/authors/lichtenberger-eric
[9] https://nicic.gov/authors/weygandt-scott
[10] https://nicic.gov/sources/national-institute-corrections-nic-washington-dc-1
[11] https://nicic.gov/assign-library-item-package-accordion/transition-and-offender-workforce-development-nic-resources