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The Impact of Employment Programs on Offenders, Addicts, and Problem Youth: Implications from Supported Work. University of Wisconsin--Madison, Institute for Research on Poverty Discussion Papers.
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Piliavin, Irving; Masters, Stanley – 1981
For several years, the Federal government of the United States has supported programs that employ and teach skills to disadvantaged workers, especially disadvantaged youth. By concentrating on serving youth, such programs have neglected disadvantaged adults, for whom such programs may often be more effective. This assertion is based on an…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Adults, Criminals, Delinquency