RT Article
T1 Bias in Hiring Applicants With Mental Illness and Criminal Justice Involvement: A Follow-Up Study With Employers
JF Criminal justice and behavior
VO 44
IS 6
SP 777
OP 795
A1 Batastini, Ashley B.
A1 Morgan, Robert D.
A1 Bolaños, Angelea D.
A1 Mitchell, Sean M.
A2 Morgan, Robert D.
A2 Bolaños, Angelea D.
A2 Mitchell, Sean M.
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1700643320
AB Negative employer perceptions of job candidates with psychiatric and criminal backgrounds is one factor contributing to high unemployment rates among these groups. The current study replicated and extended Batastini et al., which evaluated stigmatizing beliefs toward hypothetical job applicants who had a known psychiatric and/or criminal history or neither (i.e., healthy control), as well as the effectiveness of a brief training component to mitigate biased attitudes. However, the current study addressed two major limitations of the original study by (a) including participants (N = 259) who reported current, past, or expected hiring experience and (b) including employer benefits in the training component. Results were generally consistent with prior research suggesting that people with psychiatric and criminal histories experience greater stigma from employers; however, the brief educational training component demonstrated minimal impact on reducing negative attitudes regardless of the applicant’s identified psychiatric or criminal background.
K1 Stigma
K1 Mental illness
K1 Criminal justice
K1 Employment
K1 Hiring
DO 10.1177/0093854817693663