Add to ORKGThis report finds that a criminal record tends to serve as a barrier to employment for women. These realities can potentially impact their ability to successfully reenter their home communities, reunite with and care for their children, and act as viable participants in society. A criminal record adds an additional hurdle to employment for women and increases their vulnerability to discrimination. Research from this study may impact legislation and policies addressing education and professional training, processes to seal and expunge records, employment disparities, employer discrimination, and increased use of unnecessary or inappropriate background screening techniques
Although discrimination on the basis of previous incarceration is illegal in New York, many employer...
In Inner Lives: Voices of African American Women In Prison, Professor Paula Johnson has written abou...
This article examines a profession where women have made great strides - corrections. Using an equal...
Since the 1980s, the population of women prisoners incarcerated in the state of California had signi...
Previous research has illustrated that the stigma of a criminal record can severely impede employmen...
Ex-offenders are subject to a wide range of employment restrictions that limit the ability of indivi...
The voices of women in re-entry from prison have been muted for many decades. Prior research conduct...
People who have been in prison tend to struggle to find meaningful employment (Opsal, 2012). While r...
Female incarceration rates are increasing at unprecedented rates. The majority of women are poor sin...
As women’s incarceration rates have risen significantly in recent decades, gender-specific programs ...
abstract: The United States accounts for only 4% of the world’s female population, but it is home to...
The study explored current organizational barriers and gaps in service delivery to incarcerated wome...
OUR NATION FACES a growing problem that cries out for careful, rational reforms. As of June 2002, th...
This article investigates the potentially cumulative effects of being arrested, convicted, and incar...
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2017-06Social scientists have amassed considerable evidenc...
Although discrimination on the basis of previous incarceration is illegal in New York, many employer...
In Inner Lives: Voices of African American Women In Prison, Professor Paula Johnson has written abou...
This article examines a profession where women have made great strides - corrections. Using an equal...
Since the 1980s, the population of women prisoners incarcerated in the state of California had signi...
Previous research has illustrated that the stigma of a criminal record can severely impede employmen...
Ex-offenders are subject to a wide range of employment restrictions that limit the ability of indivi...
The voices of women in re-entry from prison have been muted for many decades. Prior research conduct...
People who have been in prison tend to struggle to find meaningful employment (Opsal, 2012). While r...
Female incarceration rates are increasing at unprecedented rates. The majority of women are poor sin...
As women’s incarceration rates have risen significantly in recent decades, gender-specific programs ...
abstract: The United States accounts for only 4% of the world’s female population, but it is home to...
The study explored current organizational barriers and gaps in service delivery to incarcerated wome...
OUR NATION FACES a growing problem that cries out for careful, rational reforms. As of June 2002, th...
This article investigates the potentially cumulative effects of being arrested, convicted, and incar...
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2017-06Social scientists have amassed considerable evidenc...
Although discrimination on the basis of previous incarceration is illegal in New York, many employer...
In Inner Lives: Voices of African American Women In Prison, Professor Paula Johnson has written abou...
This article examines a profession where women have made great strides - corrections. Using an equal...