In:
Criminal Justice and Behavior, SAGE Publications, Vol. 50, No. 2 ( 2023-02), p. 272-293
Kurzfassung:
Returning citizens struggle to obtain employment after release from prison and navigating job interviews is a critical barrier they encounter. Implementing evidence-based interview training is a major gap in prison-based vocational services. We conducted a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to evaluate the feasibility and initial effectiveness of Virtual Reality Job Interview Training (VR-JIT) within two prisons. Forty-four male returning citizens were randomized to receive service-as-usual (SAU) with VR-JIT (SAU + VR-JIT, n = 28) or SAU ( n = 16). Participants reported VR-JIT was highly acceptable and usable. SAU + VR-JIT, compared with SAU, had significant improvements (with large effect sizes) in interview skills, interview training motivation, and interview anxiety (all p 〈 .05; [Formula: see text] 〉 .15), and greater employment by 6-month follow-up (odds ratio [OR] = 7.4, p = .045). VR-JIT can potentially help fill a major gap in prison-based services. Future research is needed to validate VR-JIT effectiveness and evaluate VR-JIT implementation strategies within prisons.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
0093-8548
,
1552-3594
DOI:
10.1177/00938548221081447
Sprache:
Englisch
Verlag:
SAGE Publications
Publikationsdatum:
2023
ZDB Id:
1500128-3
SSG:
2
SSG:
2,1
SSG:
5,2
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