The Role of Work Integration Social Enterprise in Overcoming Barriers to Sustained Employment and Desistance for Criminalized Individuals.
The importance of legitimate employment in supporting desistance has been consistently recognized, yet many of those with a significant criminal history face numerous barriers to participating in labour markets. This paper considers the value of work integration social enterprises (WISE) offering 's...
| Publicado en: | British Journal of Criminology Vol. 66; no. 2; pp. 389 - 407 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Mar2026
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