License to Work: A National Study of Burdens from Occupational Licensing
There little correlation between many occupational licenses and public safety. For example, cosmetology, massage therapy and barbering...
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Removing Barriers to State Occupational Licenses for People with Records
The lack of evidence that formerly incarcerated people are 'riskier' hires than the average person means states should further reform...
Turning Shackles into Bootstraps: Why Occupational Licensing Reform is the Missing Piece....
States should remove the 'good character' standard for occupational licensing, as well as licensing all together for occupations that...
The Consideration of Criminal Records in Occupational Licensing
States should continue to reform their policies to reduce barriers to licensing for people with criminal records. This two-page summary...
No Bars: Unlocking the Economic Power of the Formerly Incarcerated
Occupational licensing hurts the economy and strengthens economic and social inequities by contributing to low employment rates among...
Fair Chance Licensing Reform: Opening Pathways for People with Records to Join Licensed Professions
Licensing standards that create barriers to employment for people with criminal convictions need to be reformed. This report provides a...
Occupational Licensing: A Framework for Policymakers
While licensing may be necessary for some professions, it is unnecessarily burdensome for many. This report from the Obama Administration...
Individualizing Risk: Moral Judgement, Professional Knowledge and Affect in Parole Evaluations
Criminal justice professionals rely less on risk assessments than is presumed. This article uses qualitative research with parole agents...
Character, Competence and the Principles of Medical Discipline
A focus on competency would do much more to protect the public from malpractice than removing a physician's license for behavior in...
Predicting the Counterproductive Employee in a Child-to-Adult Prospective Study
Adolescent criminal activity is not a predictor of counterproductive work behaviors. By following a cohort of young people in New...
Virtue and the Law: The Good Moral Character Requirement in Occupational Licensing,....
'Good moral character’ requirements for occupational licensing and immigration are both arbitrary and poorly applied. Utilizing...
Criminal Background Checks in Nursing: Safeguarding the Public?
Criminal background checks are believed to protect employers from negligent hiring liability, and while not necessarily good indicators...
Criminal Background and Job Performance
People with criminal records are less likely to quit their jobs. Using data from nearly 74,000 people who applied and worked in customer...
Does a Criminal Past Predict Worker Performance? Evidence from One of America’s Largest Employers
There is no real difference in work performance between people with criminal records and those without. By analyzing the attrition and...
Enduring Risk? Old Criminal Records and Predictions of Future Criminal Involvement
There is little to no difference in propensity to commit a crime between people with and without criminal justice involvement,...
Ex-Offenders Need Not Apply: The Criminal Background Check in Hiring Decisions
A lack of evidence supports the presumption that workplace violence is committed by co-workers who have been incarcerated. The authors of...
Workplace Violence, 1993-2009: National Crime Victimization Survey
Excluding people with criminal records from the workplace is often justified by concerns about workplace violence. However, most of the...
Redeemed Compared to Whom?
Using 'time since last conviction' standards to assess a person's likelihood of reoffending holds everyone, including applicants without...
Gender Differences on the Road to Redemption
How does gender impact the estimated point in time when the likelihood of a person with a criminal record committing a crime matches the...
Redemption in the Presence of Widespread Criminal Background Checks
The risk of reoffending continues to decline over time, to the point where there is no risk distinction between people with and without...
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