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Consequences of a Prison Record for Employment

Speakers
Dr. Scott Decker, Ph.D.

Dr. Decker gave a seminar in NIJ's Research for the Real World series about his research on the impact of race, gender and prison records on finding employment.

Before the seminar, we sat down with Dr. Decker for an interview to discuss his findings and their policy implications.

Date Published: February 1, 2014