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The Effect of Incarceration on Illegal Earnings

ISBN: 384731713X
ISBN 13: 9783847317135
Autor: Hutcherson II, Donald T
Verlag: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Umfang: 152 S.
Erscheinungsdatum: 17.12.2011
Auflage: 1/2011
Format: 1 x 22 x 15
Gewicht: 244 g
Produktform: Kartoniert
Einband: KT
Artikelnummer: 1553781 Kategorie:

Beschreibung

Theory and research on the employment lives of the ex-incarcerated suggests that imprisonment can decrease earnings in the conventional labor market for young adults. However, little is known about the influence of imprisonment on criminal earnings. To fill this gap, the research reported below addresses the following question: How does incarceration influence criminal earnings for adolescents and young adults? Drawing on theories regarding stigma, social and human capital, and opportunity structure, I develop an argument to explain how incarceration can yield returns in the form of greater illegal earnings. Briefly, the case is made that due to failures in the conventional labor market, the ex-incarcerated are forced to rely on criminal earnings from illegal opportunity structures during the life course. Thus, illegal earnings will be greater for this group than for their counterparts who have not been incarcerated. To assess the role of prior incarceration on illegal earnings, this study estimates random-effects models for adolescents and young adult male ex-offenders and non-offenders.

Autorenporträt

Biographical Sketch: Donald T. Hutcherson II, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Ohio University, Lancaster Campus. His research interests include the effect of extralegal factors on the criminal justice system and the collateral consequences of incarceration on individuals.

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