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Using Criminal History for Employee Screening / edited by Chester Hanvey, Alexander Alonso.
Springer Nature - Springer Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0) eBooks 2025 English International Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hanvey, Chester.
- Series:
- Behavioral Science and Psychology Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Psychology, Industrial.
- Personnel management.
- Criminology.
- Work and Organizational Psychology.
- Human Resource Management.
- Local Subjects:
- Work and Organizational Psychology.
- Human Resource Management.
- Criminology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (140 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2025.
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2025.
- Summary:
- This book addresses the use of criminal history screening in employment decisions, assessing strategies for making fair and valid employment decisions. Contributors include a multidisciplinary range of experts from I/O psychology, criminology, Human Resources, government enforcement, and law. Among the topics covered: Discrimination and related legal risk Legal analysis of negligent hiring and related risks Legal analysis of employment discrimination Current Human Resources practices Alternative strategies for reducing risk Using Criminal History for Employee Screening will serve as a definitive resource for the appropriate and ethical use of criminal history screenings, and will be of use for researchers in I/O psychology and criminology, as well as business professionals in Human Resources and legal fields.
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2.Statistics on Criminality
- 3.Recidivism Rates and Predictors
- 4.Legal Analysis of Negligent Hiring and Other Risks
- 5.Legal Analysis of Employment Discrimination and Criminal History Screenings
- 6.Government Enforcement Agency Actions and Guidance
- 7.Law Enforcement
- 8. Understanding the Types of Crimes
- 9.Validation
- 10. What Does One’s Criminal History Predict?
- 11. Current Human Resources Practices
- 12. Alternative Strategies for Reducing Risk
- 13.Best Practices Moving Forward.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Hanvey, Chester Using Criminal History for Employee Screening
- ISBN:
- 9783031827181
- OCLC:
- 1534119839
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