As many as two-thirds of newly-released inmates will be arrested for a new offense within 3 years. This study evaluates the impact of job assistance on recidivism rates among ex-offenders. The job assistance program, run though the private company America Works, uses a network of employers to place clients. Ex-offenders were randomly assigned to intensive job assistance (treatment group) or the standard program (control group). The intensive program is meant to improve average work readiness for ex-offenders. It reduces the likelihood of subsequent arrest among nonviolent ex-offenders, but has little effect on violent ex-offenders. The rearrest rate for nonviolent ex-offenders in the treatment group was 19 percentage points lower than those in the control group. The rearrest rate for violent ex-offenders in the treatment group was indistinguishable from those in the control group. We estimate benefits from intensive job assistance from averted crimes and find that they outweigh the $5,000 up-front cost for nonviolent ex-offenders.

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根据犯罪性质为前罪犯提供强化工作援助：随机对照试验的结果

多达三分之二的新获释囚犯将在 3 年内因新罪行被捕。这项研究评估了工作援助对前罪犯累犯率的影响。工作援助计划通过私营公司 America Works 运行，使用雇主网络来安置客户。前罪犯被随机分配到强化工作协助（治疗组）或标准计划（对照组）。强化计划旨在提高前罪犯的平均工作准备程度。它减少了随后在非暴力犯罪者中被捕的可能性，但对暴力犯罪者影响很小。治疗组非暴力罪犯的再逮捕率比对照组低19个百分点。治疗组暴力前罪犯的再逮捕率与对照组没有区别。我们估计了从避免犯罪中获得的密集工作援助的收益，发现它们超过了非暴力前罪犯 5,000 美元的前期成本。