Offenders and Entrepreneurship |
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Authors: | Alison Rieple |
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Affiliation: | (1) Harrow Business School, University of Westminster, Northwick Park, Harrow, HAS1 3TP, UK |
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Abstract: | This paper reports on a study into the potential which offenders have for entrepreneurial activity, and discusses some policy implications for the training of prisoners and ex-offenders in small business skills. The study had a number of elements; firstly a survey of current small business training and support within prisons and the probation services in the UK; secondly, a survey of prisoners and probationers to establish their potential for entrepreneurial activity, experience of working in their own businesses and intentions of doing so in the future. The questionnaire included a psychometric test which assessed individuals across five well- established entrepreneurial traits; and finally case studies of three ex-prisoners who were intending to start up their own businesses once they left prison. |
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Keywords: | correctional programmes employment training ex-prisoners psychometric test small business training |
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