In England and Wales, criminal reoffending costs £18 billion annually. Securing employment can support desistance from crime, but only 17% of ex-prisoners are employed a year after release. Understanding the motivations of employers who do recruit criminalised people therefore represents an important area of inquiry. This article draws upon qualitative interviews with 12 business leaders in England who proactively employ criminalised people. Findings reveal that inclusive recruitment can be (indirectly) encouraged by planning policies aimed to improve social and environmental well-being and that employers often work creatively to meet employees’ additional needs, resulting in commercial benefits and (re)settlement opportunities.

在英格兰和威尔士，犯罪再犯罪每年造成180亿英镑的损失。确保就业可以支持抵制犯罪，但获释后的一年中只有17％的前囚犯受雇。因此，了解确实招募被定罪人士的雇主的动机是一个重要的研究领域。本文基于对英格兰12名积极聘用被定罪人员的商业领袖的定性采访。调查结果表明，旨在改善社会和环境福祉的规划政策可以（间接）鼓励包容性招聘，而且雇主通常会创造性地工作以满足员工的额外需求，从而带来商业利益和（重新）安置的机会。