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Consequences of a Prison Record for Employment - Interview With Scott Decker

Date Published

February 2014

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Issue Overview, Interview

An Assessment of the Effectiveness of Prison Work Release Programs on Post-Release Recidivism and Employment

Date Published

December 2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Evaluation

An Assessment of Substance Abuse Treatment Programs in Florida's Prisons Using a Random Assignment Experimental Design

Date Published

December 2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Evaluation

Assessing the Impact of Post-Release Community Supervision on Post-Release Recidivism and Employment

Date Published

December 2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Evaluation

Collateral Consequences of a Criminal Conviction: Impact on Corrections and Reentry

Journal

Corrections Today

Date Published

January 2016

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Description, Legislation/Policy Analysis

Beyond the Sentence - Understanding Collateral Consequences

Journal

National Institute of Justice Journal

Date Published

July 2013

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Program/Project Description, Research (Applied/Empirical)

Enterprising Offenders: Texas' Project Re-Enterprise Unites Business, Corrections Communities

Journal

Corrections Today

Date Published

June 1997

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Description

Child Support, Debt, and Prisoner Reentry: Examining the Influences of Prisoners' Legal and Financial Obligations on Reentry

Date Published

February 2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Labor Force Participation and Crime Among Serious and Violent Former Prisoners

Date Published

May 2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Thesis/Dissertation

Training and Preparing Inmates for Post-Prison Employment

Journal

Corrections Today

Date Published

December 2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview

Criminal Stigma, Race, Gender and Employment: An Expanded Assessment of the Consequences of Imprisonment for Employment

Date Published

2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Consequences of a Prison Record for Employment

February 2014

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.

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Consequences of a Prison Record for Employment: How Do Race, Ethnicity & Gender Factor In?

February 2014

Scientific studies have long documented the negative impact of a prison record on a person's ability to find employment. But what is the impact when gender and race/ethnicity are factored in? Also, most jobs are now advertised online — so how does this affect the ability of former prisoners to find a job?

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Evaluation of the Second Chance Act (SCA) Adult Demonstration 2009 Grantees, Interim Report

Date Published

August 2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

National Institute of Justice's Evaluation of Second Chance Act Adult Reentry Courts: Program Characteristics and Preliminary Themes from Year 1

Date Published

February 2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Extension of Current Estimates of Redemption Times: Robustness Testing, Out-of-State Arrests, and Racial Differences

Date Published

October 2012

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Final Technical Report: Neighborhoods, Recidivism, and Employment Among Returning Prisoners

Date Published

October 2011

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Chattanooga Endeavors Building Bridges Program Evaluation: Outcomes Report

Date Published

August 2007

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Conviction Status Impacts the Employment Prospects of Young Men

Date Published

July 25, 2011

Neighborhoods, Recidivism and Employment Among Returning Prisoners

Incarcerated Women, Their Children, and the Nexus with Foster Care

Date Published

April 2011

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview

Factories Behind Fences: Do Prison 'Real Work' Programs Work?

Journal

National Institute of Justice Journal

Date Published

June 2007

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment of Electronic Monitoring

Date Published

January 2010

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Investigating Prisoner Reentry: The Impact of Conviction Status on the Employment Prospects of Young Men

Date Published

September 2009

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Effect of Criminal Justice Involvement in the Transition to Adulthood

Date Published

September 2009

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored