Vocational Science

Researchers from University of Houston describe findings in vocational science

Published in Medicine and Law Weekly, April 30th, 2010

"This study used longitudinal data from 202 at-risk young men to examine effects of arrests, prior risk factors, and recent life circumstances on job loss across a 7-year period in early adulthood," investigators in the United States report.

"Repeated failure-time continuous event-history analysis indicated that occurrence of job loss was primarily related to prior mental health problems, recent arrests, recent drug use, and recent being married/cohabitation," wrote M. Wiesner and colleagues, University of Houston.

The researchers concluded: "It is argued that long-term effects of criminal justice contact on employment outcomes should be understood...

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Source: Medicine and Law Weekly (2010-04-30)

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