RT Article
T1 Quantifying Fair Chance Policy Implementation and Employer Engagement
JF The prison journal
VO 105
IS 4
SP 446
OP 471
A1 Bliven, Jocelyn
A1 Johnson, Alayna
A1 Stanley, Zofia
A1 Topaz, Chad M.
A1 Chalfin, Aaron
A1 Higdon, Jude
A1 Bass, Tyrone
A2 Johnson, Alayna
A2 Stanley, Zofia
A2 Topaz, Chad M.
A2 Chalfin, Aaron
A2 Higdon, Jude
A2 Bass, Tyrone
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1933347902
AB Fair-chance hiring policies aim to expand employment opportunities for individuals with criminal records by reducing legal and systemic barriers to work. These policies include Ban-the-Box, occupational licensing reforms, record-sealing, certificates of rehabilitation, and liability protections. Despite growing adoption, their impact remains difficult to quantify due to limited data. To address this, we (1) introduce standardized metrics to assess the presence and strength of supportive policies, and the extent of legal barriers across all 50 states; and (2) measure employer engagement in fair-chance hiring by analyzing job postings. These metrics enable state-level comparisons, providing data-driven tools to advance the study of fair-chance employment.
K1 quantitative metrics
K1 occupational licensing
K1 Public Policy
K1 fair-chance hiring
DO 10.1177/00328855251355496