RT Article
T1 Investigating the Impact of Prior Criminal Justice Contact on Labor Market Outcomes During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Propensity Score Analysis
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 71
IS 2
SP 544
OP 574
A1 Widdowson, Alex O.
A2 Kyser, Anna
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/191356455X
AB Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (NLSY97) and a supplemental COVID sample of NLSY97 respondents, we examined the associations between three measures of criminal justice contact and several indicators of labor market participation during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Findings indicated that a history of adult criminal justice contact was associated with higher odds of being out of the labor market during the pandemic. However, among those in the workforce, criminal justice contact was also associated with higher odds of stopping work, working reduced hours, experiencing decreased wages, not working from home, and having close contact with others at work. Additional analyses suggest that deeper levels of contact were sometimes associated with worse outcomes.
K1 Criminal Record
K1 Labor Market
K1 Covid-19
K1 Collateral consequences
DO 10.1177/00111287231225139