Is it disqualifying? Practitioner responses to criminal offenses in hiring decisions

There is considerable variance in the factors that impact whether someone with a criminal record will obtain employment, such as age, race, gender, education and experience, combined with the type of conviction the applicant has. The authors discuss this variety of factors based on a survey of employer reactions to applicants with different criminal backgrounds.

Kuhn, K. M. (2019). Is it disqualifying? Practitioner responses to criminal offenses in hiring decisions. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal, 38(5), 547–563. https://doi.org/10.1108/EDI-10-2018-0182

Open Access Source: https://booksc.org/book/77517422/58ea2b

Recent Posts

See All

The next Pandora’s Box of criminal background checks

To what extent do mandatory checks required by government lead to an overall increase in background checks performed by employers? This study finds that this kind of "bleed" doesn't really happen, but

Criminal Record Questions in the Era of “Ban the Box”: Criminal Record Questions

When it comes to questions about criminal records on job applications, there is very little consistency in how the question is asked and what information is being requested. This audit study also foun

Workers with Criminal Records: A Survey by the Society for Human Resource Management and....

The hesitation to hire people with criminal records stems mostly from concerns about general perception of the company as well as legal liability, not worker performance. This report examines the resu

Is it disqualifying? Practitioner responses to criminal offenses in hiring decisions

Recent Posts

AFTERLIVES
OF CONVICTION
PROJECT

ABOUT

NAVIGATE