Middle-Class Offenders as Employees-Assessing the Risk: A 35-Year Follow-Up

• NCJ Number: 244629
• Journal: Journal of Offender Rehabilitation Volume: 52 Issue: 5-8 Dated: December 2013 Pages: 407-420
• Author(s): Keith Soothill; Les Humphreys; Brian Francis
• Date Published: December 2013
• Length: 14 pages
• Grant Number(s): RES-576-25-0019
• Sponsoring Agency: Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Case Study
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This study focuses on middle-class persons committing crime.

Abstract

A 35-year follow-up of a series of 317 middle-class offenders in England and Wales suggests that the dangers of employing offenders may be more limited than expected. Although 40 percent were subsequently convicted, only 8 percent were subsequently convicted of offenses that directly and adversely affected an employer. This work should challenge the "exaggerated fears" of employers. Interestingly, variables which normally predict subsequent criminal activity made no impact in trying to predict offenses against an employer. Abstract published by arrangement with Taylor and Francis.