The Reintegration of Sex Offenders: Barriers and Opportunities for Employment

  1. KEVIN BROWN1,
  2. JON SPENCER2,
  3. JO DEAKIN3

Article first published online: 19 JAN 2007

DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2311.2007.00452.x

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The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice

The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice

Volume 46, Issue 1, pages 32–42, February 2007

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BROWN, K., SPENCER, J. and DEAKIN, J. (2007), The Reintegration of Sex Offenders: Barriers and Opportunities for Employment. The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, 46: 32–42. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2311.2007.00452.x

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  1. 1

    Graduate Teaching Assistant and Associate Lecturer, School of Law, University of Manchester

  2. 2

    Director, Criminal Justice Research Unit, University of Manchester

  3. 3

    Research Fellow, Criminal Justice Research Unit, University of Manchester

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 19 JAN 2007
  2. Article first published online: 19 JAN 2007
  3. Date submitted: March 2006Date accepted: April 2006

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Abstract: The process of reintegration of offenders after release from prison, or during a community sentence, is a key aim of criminal justice policy. This article provides details from recent research that investigated the barriers and opportunities to employment for sex offenders. The authors describe the barriers that are faced by sex offenders and the anxieties that employers experience when employing sex offenders. The authors conclude that the approach taken by the State is less than reintegrative and serves to increase the barriers and reduce the opportunities for employment for sex offenders.

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