...Amy Kirby Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore volunteering opportunities for young adults with criminal records (“young ex-offenders”). Design/methodology/approach – The study was conducted primarily in one London borough. It involved mapping volunteering opportunities...

... of welfare reforms on access to suitable secure housing and recidivism this article poses the questions. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Welfare reform Housing Recidivism Ex‐offenders Social welfare policy Social care problems United Kingdom This short article does...

...@kcl.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Housing Recidivism Support Disadvantaged groups Ex‐offenders Social care problems Programmes aimed at tackling high‐offending rates of those individuals released from prison are again high on the policy agenda (Quilgars et al...

...‐prisoners as potential service users, and better links need to be made between local homelessness strategies, choice based lettings systems and prisoner resettlement programmes. Providing support services to ex‐offenders may encourage such acceptance and help to maintain the motivation to desist from crime...

...Jo Linney; Chris O'Leary; Mark Ellison; Chris Fox; Adrian Gains; Gary Pollock Purpose Established in 2007, Vision Housing is a small London‐based specialist housing provider working primarily with ex‐offenders. This study seeks to evaluate the impact of Vision Housing's provision of housing...