Working around the Law: Navigating Legal Barriers to Employment during Reentry

People with criminal records are often forced to find work through unofficial means, or by 'working around the law' because of the barriers they face to standard employment. Using qualitative interviews with formerly incarcerated people, this study finds that job seekers with criminal records often resort to one of four methods in order to find work, ranging from omitting their criminal record on job applications to undertaking illegal work.

Augustine, D. (2019). Working around the Law: Navigating Legal Barriers to Employment during Reentry. Law & Social Inquiry, 44(03), 726–751. https://doi.org/10.1017/lsi.2018.23

The New Civil Death: Rethinking Punishment in the Era of Mass Conviction

Collateral consequences have effectively resurrected the colonial era of 'civil death' (a state in which a person's legal status is diminished) and must be understood as punishment, in the same way th

Perceptions of Sex Offender Registration: Collateral Consequences and Community Experiences

Requiring people who have been convicted of sex offenses to register on a list that is publicly accessible appears to do more harm than...

Homeless Shelters’ Policies on Sex Offenders: Is This Another Collateral Consequence?

People who are required to register on a sex offender list are more likely to be homeless, in large part because shelters are less likely...

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