Transitional jobs after release from prison: effects on employment and recidivism

Table 1 Selected baseline characteristics of CEO and TJRD sample members

Characteristic		CEO Sample	TJRD Sample
Average age (years)		33.6	34.6
Race/ethnicity (%)
	White, non-Hispanic	1.8	10.2
	Black, non-Hispanic	64.2	80.7
	Hispanic	31.3	4.7
	Other	2.6	4.3
Male (%)		94.5	100.0
Education (%)
	High school diploma	10.9	22.8
	General Educational Development (GED) certificate	44.1	46.2
	Beyond high school	5.9	5.8
	None of the above	39.1	25.2
Employment History
Ever any employment (%)		79.1	86.5
Employed 6 consecutive months for one employer (%)		58.4	52.6
Criminal History
Average number of arrests^a		7.9	9.2
	Number of prior felony arrests	4.8	3.9
	Number of prior misdemeanor arrests	3.0	2.7
Average number of prior convictions^b		7.0	4.1
	Number of prior felony convictions	2.7	2.6
	Number of prior misdemeanor convictions	4.0	1.0
Lifetime number of months in state prison^c		62.7	71.4
Sample size		385	1,813

In the CEO evaluation, MDRC calculations were based on data from the CEO Baseline Information Form and the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS). In the TJRD evaluation, MDRC calculations were based on the Baseline Information Form and data from Michigan State Police, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, State of Wisconsin Department of Justice, Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, and the Department of Corrections in each state
Data in this table are unweighted
^aEach arrest date is counted only as a single event. If there are multiple crimes or charges on the same date, only the most serious charge is recorded in the analysis
^bEach conviction date is counted only as a single event. If there are multiple convictions on the same date, only the most serious charge is recorded in the analysis. The total includes convictions for felony, misdemeanor, and other crime classes
^c“Lifetime” includes historical data as early as 1970 for the CEO sample and as early as 1980 for the TJRD sample