RT Article
T1 Public Opinion on Criminal Records and Employment: a Test of Competing Theoretical Models
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 66
IS 6/7
SP 995
OP 1022
A1 Lehmann, Peter S.
A2 Pickett, Justin T.
A2 Denver, Megan
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1698119089
AB Much prior research has examined the sources of individuals’ attitudes toward the application of punishment via the justice system. Some findings from this literature suggest that punitive attitudes are expressive, retributive, and closely connected to racial resentment. Other research, however, emphasizes that these sentiments are instrumental, utilitarian, and associated with the management of perceived risk. To date, little research has explored public attitudes regarding employment as a reentry barrier, and it is unclear which of these perspectives is more salient for understanding support for employers’ use of criminal records in hiring decision-making. Using survey data on a national sample of American adults (N = 1,202), the current study finds stronger support for an instrumental model than an expressive model.
K1 Public opinion
K1 Employment
K1 Reentry
K1 Punishment
K1 Attitudes
DO 10.1177/0011128719875699