@article{THESIS,
      recid = {2480},
      author = {Wang, Angela},
      title = {Halting the Revolving Door of Recidivism:  Examining the  Challenges and Successes of Ex-Offenders  in Maintaining  Employment},
      publisher = {University of Chicago},
      school = {B.A.},
      address = {2020-06},
      number = {THESIS},
      abstract = {Re-entry as a field was developed in response to the  criminal justice system’s efforts to counter high  recidivism rates where repeat offenders cycle in and out of  prison. Consequently, government and non-profit  stakeholders have developed social services programming to  respond to the needs of those released from prison in  ensuring they have the support needed to break free of a  lifestyle of continuous crime. Scholars in the field have  identified employment as a key factor that discerns whether  ex-offenders desist from offending or not. That being said,  the field has focused more on how ex-offenders acquire  employment and less on how they keep their jobs.  The  objective of this paper is to explore the latter and in the  process, reveal the structures that bar returning citizens  from maintaining their positions in the workforce and from  re-integrating with society at large. In undertaking this  study, I partnered with the Chicago South Side non-profit  organization, Teamwork Englewood, to conduct quantitative  and qualitative analyses of how their clients have fared  since undergoing the process to become hired and work for  the industrial plant Dakkota Integrated Systems.  I have  identified the deindustrialized landscape of Chicago as a  primary obstruction to ex-offender clients’ retaining their  positions at Dakkota, presenting geographic barriers for  clients unable to finance their commutes to such faraway  worksites and socioeconomic barriers that relegate  ex-offenders to a form of employment with low pay and  erratic hours that processes them more so as bodies than as  people. In highlighting these barriers, I posit both  short-term solutions that would better equip ex-offenders  for navigating Chicago’s current landscape and long-term  solutions that call for the economic reinforcement of the  South Side to ensure both ex-offenders and their  communities can heal from historically damaging  developments and grow together.},
      url = {http://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/2480},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.2480},
}