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MOST EMPLOYERS CONDUCT BACKGROUND CHECKS AS A MATTER OF ROUTINE AND USE THE INFORMATION IN HIRING DECISIONS.
THIS DIMINISHES WORK OPPORTUNITIES FOR 80 MILLION U.S. ADULTS WITH A CRIMINAL RECORD, AND HAS BEEN ESPECIALLY DEVASTATING FOR THE 20 MILLION WITH A CONVICTION CLASSIFIED AS A FELONY.
Through the lens of work, the Afterlives of Conviction Project documents the human impact of a criminal conviction and explores the systems, policies and logics that uphold the discriminatory use of criminal records.
EXPLORE LIVED EXPERIENCES
Numbers are essential for understanding the scope and contours of punishment practices, but tell us little about how things work in daily practice, how policies are understood and implemented on the ground, or how they feel to those experiencing them. Ethnography tacks back and forth between lived realities, broader contexts and historical developments to make sense of complex phenomena.
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EXPLORE THE RESEARCH DIGEST
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The research digest makes scholarly research accessible by summarizing key findings and arguments in plain language, with an eye toward what might be most useful to organizers, advocates and policy makers. Where possible, the summaries link to a source where full articles/books can be accessed for free.
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