This research examines public perceptions and usage of various labeling alternatives in criminology, providing insights into how different terminology affects public understanding and attitudes toward criminal justice issues.

This legal analysis examines the intersection of negligent hiring liability and employment opportunities for individuals with criminal records, exploring how legal frameworks can support both employer protection and reintegration efforts.

This comprehensive report addresses employer concerns about negligent hiring liability while promoting second chance employment opportunities, providing practical guidance for balancing legal risk management with fair hiring practices.

This study examines the effects of misdemeanor prosecution on employment outcomes and recidivism, providing insights into how lower-level criminal charges impact long-term life trajectories.

This study explores how positive employment credentials can help mediate the stigma associated with criminal records, examining potential pathways for successful reintegration into the workforce.

This groundbreaking study published in Science Advances reveals that 53% of unemployed men in their 30s have been arrested, highlighting the massive scale of employment barriers faced by individuals with criminal records. The research demonstrates how criminal justice involvement creates lasting impediments to workforce participation and economic mobility.

This groundbreaking RAND Corporation study proposes the 'reset principle' for criminal background checks, which anchors recidivism risk assessments at the time of the background check to account for a person's time in the community since their last interaction with the criminal justice system. This approach recognizes that recidivism risk decreases significantly over time and provides a more accurate and fair assessment for employment screening.

This study examines how disqualifying convictions affect employment opportunities in high-security jobs, analyzing the cumulative consequences of criminal records on career trajectories in sensitive positions.

This Cambridge study traces the historical development of criminal background checks in the United States, examining how negligent hiring liability and structured uncertainty have shaped modern employment screening practices.

This research explores the limitations of pass/fail background check systems and proposes a nuanced risk assessment model that provides employers with contextualized insights, enabling more informed and fair hiring decisions.

This comprehensive review examines the effects of Ban the Box policies, which remove criminal history questions from initial job applications. The study analyzes both positive outcomes for individuals with criminal records and potential unintended consequences, providing crucial insights for policymakers and employers implementing fair chance hiring practices.

This research explores how positive credentials and evidence of rehabilitation can be systematically incorporated into criminal background check employment decisions, providing a framework for more nuanced and fair hiring practices.

This study maps the age patterns of official desistance for adult offenders, providing crucial insights into when individuals typically stop engaging with the criminal justice system and the policy implications of these findings for risk assessment and reintegration programs.

This study examines both the short-term and long-term effects of imprisonment on future felony convictions and prison admissions, providing insights into how incarceration impacts subsequent criminal behavior and system involvement over time.

This field experiment examines the effects of Ban the Box policies on racial discrimination in hiring, providing empirical evidence on how removing criminal history questions from job applications affects employment outcomes for different racial groups.

This study compares arrest risk distributions between provisional employees with and without criminal records, providing empirical evidence for understanding baseline risk levels and the effectiveness of redemption principles in employment screening.

This longitudinal study examines long-term crime desistance and recidivism patterns using data from the Essex County Convicted Felon Study, providing crucial insights into how criminal behavior changes over extended periods and informing risk assessment practices.

This experimental study examines how language and labeling contribute to the stigmatization of individuals with criminal records, particularly focusing on violent offenses and their social construction in public perception.

This study examines the complex relationship between employment and recidivism through the perspective of criminal background check practices, providing insights into how background screening affects employment outcomes and subsequent criminal behavior.

This study evaluates the effectiveness of criminal conviction decision guidelines in predicting employment success and future arrest outcomes, providing insights into the validity of current screening practices.

An extensive study identifying key indicators of successful rehabilitation and reintegration, providing evidence-based guidelines for evaluating candidates with criminal histories in the context of employment suitability.

This study examines employment-based reentry programming through a signaling perspective, exploring how participation in such programs can serve as positive signals to employers and contribute to successful reintegration outcomes for individuals with criminal records.

This study examines how age and criminal history factors influence the predictive accuracy of criminal background checks and the concept of 'time to redemption,' providing empirical evidence for understanding when past criminal behavior becomes less predictive of future risk.

This foundational study examines the concept of 'redemption' in criminal justice, exploring how the widespread use of criminal background checks affects individuals' ability to reintegrate into society and achieve true rehabilitation over time.

This research investigates whether old criminal records maintain their predictive value for future criminal involvement over time, examining the enduring nature of criminal risk assessments and their implications for employment screening practices.

This seminal study examines whether old criminal records are effective predictors of future criminal behavior, challenging assumptions about the lasting predictive value of past convictions and informing evidence-based approaches to criminal background screening.

This foundational research develops an empirical framework for understanding criminal desistance as a process, providing methodological approaches for studying how individuals transition away from criminal behavior over time and informing rehabilitation-focused policies.