(Prison and Probation services) (EmploymentServices) (City of

Krami
By
Mikael Andersson
(Prison and Probation services)
(Employment Services)
(City of Malmo)
Malmo
Objective
• Find, get and keep a job
• Live a law-abiding life
• Be self-supporting and participate in new social
contexts
Organisation
National
Level
Local
Level
Krami office
• A national Board of Collaboration consisting of representatives from the
two governmental authorities, the Prison and Probation Services and
the Employment Services
• Local Steering groups represented by local and regional managers,
directors and employees from the three authorities, the Prison and
Probation Services, the Labor Market Services and the Municipality
• 18 local Krami offices. Each office is organized under the municipality
and run by a Krami manager. The employees represent the three
authorities.
The target group
• Both men and women are targeted
• The males have to be between 18 and 35 years old
and current within Prison and Probation Services.
• Women have to have turned 18 years old and it is
sufficient if the live within a criminal context.
The Krami Program
Counseling, Support and Follow up
Application
Phase
Supervisional
Phase
Vocational
Phase
Curriculum activities
Employment
Phase
Consequence Pedagogic
PHILOSOPHY
The philosophical standpoint is that humans, in contrast to physical objects, are
thinking, willing and acting individuals that are born as social beings and who
then grow into a social reality without being predestined by unyielding laws
ACTION
THEORY
CONSEQUENSE
THEORY
RESPONSIBILITY
THEORY
FORMATION
THEORY
LEARNING
THEORY
MORAL THEORY
SCIENCE
THEORY
Evaluation
• Evaluated by the national Board of Health and
Welfare in 2002
• Objective: To evaluate the Krami program with
regard to its effects on the client and the cost of
public services used.
• 3 control groups and 150 subjects studied
Results
• Client effects:
o The study found that the employment situation improved dramatically for
the Krami clients. Except for the few that dropped out at an early stage,
all had a job one year after starting the program.
• Costs of public services
o Cost effective analysis: 50% Cost Cut for the Krami group and 25% cut for
the control groups.
o 15-year investment analysis: expenditure decreases and/or benefit
increases of about 2.5 million SEK per individual for the Krami program and
0.5-1.0 million SEK for the control programs
Key factors of success
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Targeting the clients’ specific needs.
Projecting realistic and relevant aims.
Offering a protected transitional space.
Providing active choices.
Providing activities as close to the goals as possible.
Offering support and explanations.
Challenge criminal values.
Methodically paying attention to the needs of
each individual.
9. Work on long term.