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Invisible Stripes? A Field Experiment on the Disclosure of a Criminal Record in the British Labour Market and the Potential Effects of Introducing Ban-The-Box Policies

Abstract Labour market discrimination against individuals with criminal records may be unfair, ineffective and counterproductive. This article describes a field experiment designed to indicate whether job applicants disclosing a criminal record in …

Collateral consequences of criminal records from a cross-national perspective: An introduction

Collateral consequences of criminal records from the other side of the pond: How exceptional is American penal exceptionalism?

In this article, we highlight the existence and expansion of so-called ‘collateral consequences’ (CCs) of criminal records in Europe to challenge the prevalent view that these are features of the claimed ‘American exceptionalism’ within the penal …

The Global Rise of Criminal Background Checks

Abstract The extensive use of criminal background checks—the request for information on prior convictions for non-judicial purposes—creates obstacles to a fair reentry of individuals with criminal records. Previous research has documented the growth …

Do black lives matter to employers? A combined field and natural experiment of racially disparate hiring practices in the wake of protests against police violence and racial oppression

This study uses an experimental audit design, implemented both before and during the heightened unrest following the murder of George Floyd, to gauge the impact of Black Lives Matter and associated protests against police brutality and anti-Black …

Assessing Discrimination in Correspondence Studies

Correspondence studies are popular tools for assessing discrimination against minorities, for example, in the labor market. Typically, two fake Curriculum Vitae (CVs) are sent to multiple job openings. The CVs are equivalent except for a mark …

An audit experiment to investigate the “war on cops”: a research note

Objectives: This study examines whether former police officers are stigmatized in the labor market, particularly following social unrest from lethal police violence. Methods: We conduct an experimental audit study, both before and after heightened …

Publicidad, solicitud y cancelación de los antecedentes penales en los tribunales españoles

En este artículo se exponen las sentencias judiciales más relevantes en los últimos diez años en España sobre la publicidad, solicitud y cancelación de las inscripciones de registros del sistema penal. El análisis de estas sentencias muestra la …

The next Pandora's Box of criminal background checks

The use of criminal background checks (CBCs) – requests for information on previous convictions during the employment recruitment process – is growing worldwide. This article seeks to explain the proliferation in CBCs by examining whether novel …

Publicidad, certificados y cancelación de los antecedentes penales. ¿La Cultura del Control se Consolida en España desde las Nuevas Leyes de 2015?

Este artículo presenta las novedades respecto la publicidad de las sentencias, el acceso al mercado laboral y la cancelación de los antecedentes penales. El objetivo es analizar especf́icamente el impacto de diversas leyes en España que desde 2015 …