Job applicants with criminal records are much less likely than those without them to obtain legitimate employment. Recent efforts to address this prob...
A team of researchers from Arizona State University recently conducted a three-year study on the impact of having a criminal record on employment-rela...
More than 150 cities and counties and 34 states and Washington, DC, have adopted ban-the-box policies, which remove questions about criminal history f...
Funded by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration, Linking to Employment Activities Pre-release (LEAP) pilots the creati...
This new interactive report from the Vera Institute of Justice identifies the major trends and developments in justice systems that occurred across th...
Many localities have in recent years regulated the use of questions about criminal history in hiring, or “banned the box.” This publication, from AEI,...
Risk assessment instruments figure prominently in current criminal justice reforms, but their use is controversial. The principal concern is that bene...
This report from The Pew Charitable Trusts highlights findings from an evaluation of Louisiana’s Act 402 (House Bill 423), which sets a 90-day sentenc...
Counties and local workforce development boards (WDBs) cooperate to provide workforce training services and assistance to residents, including adults ...