Ban the Box policies may reduce employment for young Black and Hispanic men with no college degree. This study utilizes Current...

The Fair Credit Reporting Act should be amended to prohibit the general use of criminal background checks in the hiring process due to...

Some argue Ban the Box policies are harmful to Black men: prior to BTB, white applicants were 7% more likely than comparable Black...

Employers have much more positive perceptions of Latino immigrant workers compared to Black workers, based on their beliefs that...

Racism and criminal records play a significant role in whether interpersonal interactions with employers are helpful to job applicants....

Black applicants without criminal records are considered to be on the same playing field by employers as white applicants with a criminal...

Employer exposure to recent violent crime negatively impacts Black job applicants, regardless of whether they possess a criminal...

Employers who run criminal background checks are more likely to hire Black men than those that don't conduct background checks,...

The sex of the hiring official may impact the level of racial discrimination involved in hiring people with criminal records. This...

Criminal records may not create as much of a disadvantage in employment for women as they do for men. This audit study uses fictional...

People with criminal records are much less likely to be hired than those without and Black and Latino applicants are generally viewed as...

Black men with criminal records experience intersectional oppression. Utilizing a critical ethnography lens and interviews with nine...

Reentry programs will not be successful unless they also address institutional and structural inequities making it easier for women to...

People under parole supervision are more inclined to 'comply' with parole requirements when they can do so on their own terms. Based on...

Simply having all the right resources isn't enough to make a person want a different life. Indeed, decisions to participate in criminal...

Reentry agencies should be trying to work themselves out of a job if they want to call themselves successful. This article discusses the...

Providing opportunities for formerly incarcerated people to heal from their experiences through critical knowledge and thinking about...

The less education and income a formerly incarcerated woman has, the less social capital she is likely to have, which is defined here as...

Feelings of humiliation and rejection often impact a person's identity reconstruction while attempting to reintegrate into society after...

Reentry programs provide "the illusion of assistance" but in reality operate to extend the reach of the carceral state and maintain,...