Criminal Record Research Paper

Today, hundreds of people struggle just to get by day by day. Walking through the streets surrounding downtown, the heart of Denver; there can be seen many homeless asking for money, laying on sidewalks, shaking in this dirty blankets, there eye’s full of sorrow. What is worse is that some shelters are filled to the maximum and without these people having a means to pay they are left out on the streets begging just hoping to receive enough to buy their next meal. People with a criminal record are unable to find jobs in many places because of a box in which one must specify if one has past records, today this box affects different groups of people in many ways.
To illustrate, the possibility of finding a job with a criminal record is slim to …show more content…
Because of this many young people have ended up homeless unable to pursue a career. Some of these mistakes include minor offenses such as stealing or a DUI. Young adults would be able to pursue their desired career and carry on with their lives without facing the problem of being homeless because of a criminal record. These young adults have dreams destroyed completely because they are no longer allowed to study to become anything they want to be. These students are missing doctors, teachers, lawyers, specialists, and many other career choices in our society.
Generally speaking, Although this may be true, many have said that there are already not enough jobs and adding more people would cause people who truly deserve these jobs to lose this opportunity. This is not true in the slightest, jobs are all around this is just a process of looking with a true intent of finding. For example, there are jobs that are sometimes unwanted such as working at a grocery store, or fast food, and even labor workers. At times many people do not truly want to work but want to still receive money. When labor work is mentioned many people turn their heads and walk …show more content…
Another problem that has been presented has been “Can employers trust felons?” This all depends on the crime that the felon has committed such as stealing a felon convicted for such a crime should probably be put in a kitchen or some other type of job away from a register. The reasons most felons keep making crimes are that they do not have money to support themselves and have the option to commit any crime or continue in their current circumstances. These felons could prove there trust to employers or even work for a week as a trial week and then employers could make the decisions of hiring or not