The Criminal Record Complex : Risk, Race, and the Struggle for Work in America.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burch, Melissa.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2025.

Summary:

How a convergence of policy, law, and profit drives the use of criminal background checks in hiring Most employers in the United States routinely conduct criminal background checks on job applicants, weeding out those with criminal convictions--and thus denying opportunities to those who need them most.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Preface

Introduction

1. Looking for Work with a Criminal Record

2. The Making of Common Sense

3. Criminal Stigma and the Politics of Helping

4. Good Sense Hiring in Small and Midsize Business

Conclusion: Limits and Possibilities in the Struggle to End Criminal Record Discrimination

Gratitude

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-691-27211-5

OCLC:

1534195117