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A Wealth of Inequalities: Mass Incarceration, Employment, and Racial Disparities in U.S. Household Wealth, 1996 to 2011

In this paper, from the Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, the authors investigate the mechanisms whereby the local and distal in...
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The Price We Pay: Economic Costs of Barriers to Employment for Former Prisoners and People Convicted of Felonies

This report, from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), builds off of prior CEPR research examining the population of former prisoners a...
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Unlicensed & Untapped: Removing Barriers to State Occupational Licenses for People with Records

This paper, from the National Employment Law Project (NELP) examines significant flaws in state occupational licensing criminal background c...
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The “Wild West” of Employment Background Checks

This fact sheet from the National Employment Law Project (NELP) helps lay the groundwork for this advocacy by providing some basic information on the ...
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The Edge of Stigma: An Experimental Audit of the Effects of Low-level Criminal Records on Employment

This article, from the American Society of Criminology (ASC), first reviews research establishing: that a rising proportion of firms are routine...
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Wanted: Accurate FBI Background Checks for Employment

This report from the National Employment Law Project (NELP), discusses inaccuracies in FBI records and calls on the FBI to ensure that records are acc...
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Criminal Records, Race and Redemption

This article, from the New York University Journal of Legislation and Public Policy, explores the long-term and often permanent impact of criminal rec...
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65 Million Need Not Apply: The Case for Reforming Criminal Background Checks for Employment

This report, from the National Employment Law Project (NELP), explores the exclusion of people with criminal records from work, which severely impacts...
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Collateral Costs: Incarceration's Effect on Economic Mobility

With this report, from The Pew Charitable Trusts, the author's inquiry focuses on the intersection of incarceration and mobility, fields tha...
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A Scorecard on the Post-9/11 Port Worker Background Checks: Model Worker Protections Provide a Lifeline for People of Color, While Major TSA Delays Leave Thousands Jobless During the Recession

This report from the National Employment Law Project (NELP), documents both the failings and accomplishments of the Transportation Worker Identificati...

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