The Prisoner’s Release

Originally published in 1974, this book was the first full-scale work published in this country evaluating carefully whether an active policy of finding suitable employment for men immediately on their release from prison had beneficial results.

Foreword by Lord Donaldson. Acknowledgements. Author's Preface. Introduction: The Prisoner's Release Part I: Past and Present Provision for Discharged Prisoners with Particular Reference to Employment 1. Historical Development of After-Care 2. Development of an Employment-Placing Service for Discharged Prisoners (the Work of the Department of Employment) Part II: The Apex Project 3. Research Design of the Project 4. The Offer of the Apex Service 5. The Effectiveness of the Apex Service in Reducing the Number of Offenders Committing Further Offences 6. Acceptance and Rejection of the Apex Service 7. Employment Plans of Those Who Rejected the Offer of the Apex Service Part III: Analysis of the Full Acceptance Group and Subsequent Outcome 8. Brief Description of Discriminatory Analysis and Division of Full Acceptance Group into Three Risk Categories 9. The Job Interviews Arranged by Apex 10. An Examination of Whether the Men Attended the Interviews Arranged 11. An Examination of Whether the Men were Accepted for the Jobs by the Employers 12. An Examination of Whether the Men Started the Job as Agreed with the Employer 13. An Examination of Length of Time Spent in First Job Arranged by Apex 14. Development of a Measure to Predict Men Unlikely to be Helped by the Apex Service 15. The Efforts Involved in Arranging a Suitable Job Interview for Men in the Full Acceptance Group 16. 'Sans Apex' (Employment Plans of the Wormwood Scrubs Control Group) and Further Discussion on those with No Employment Arrangements on Release 17. Amount of Contact after Release and Further Placing Efforts Part IV: After-Thoughts 18. Some Implications of the Apex Project. Appendixes. Index.