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Special Needs Offenders Bulletin, No. 4: Reducing Risk Through Employment and Education

Mark A. Sherman
January 1, 2000

Discusses the increasing number of defendants and offenders in the federal criminal justice system with limited job skills and education. It includes a supervision model for this population and highlights literacy and cognitive skills assessment, referral and coordination of services, and relevant BOP educational and employment programs. In-house job assistance and life-skills programs in federal districts, ways to overcome resistance to supervision, and ways of mitigating life skills-related conflict are discussed.