Hiring people with criminal records in South Carolina: examining businesses’ hiring practices and views on incentives

The stigma of a criminal history has well-documented adverse effects on the efforts of ex-offenders to secure employment. What is less well understood is whether interventions or educational efforts targeting employers would improve access to the labor market for this population. We report results f...

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Authors: Martin, Tara E. (Author) ; Huffman, Amanda (Author) ; Koons-Witt, Barbara A. (Author) ; Brame, Robert W. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
In: Criminal justice policy review
Year: 2020, Volume: 31, Issue: 4, Pages: 532-554
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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