Ex-Offenders and Jobs After Prison
Approximately three fourths of ex-offenders across the nation have no luck finding a job a year after they have been released (Pager, 2008). Checking the box on a job application notifying employers of your criminal record has them consider hiring an ex-offender, and most likely leads to them getting denied a job. In addition, spending time in jail and/or prison can create new social networks for ex-offenders with other criminals and could make criminal activity more likely (Schmitt, 2011). With around 95 percent of current prisoners going to be released, having a difficult time finding employment can be a factor in reoffending and ultimately returning to a correctional facility.
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The dependent variable is whether or not the ex-offender gets hired to work because of their criminal status (0= not hired, 1= hired). The independent variable would be the ex-offender (0= ex-offender, 1= non-offender). An ex-offender would be defined as someone who has a criminal history and/or has served time in a correctional facility. The control variables for this research would be the criminal background, gender (0= male, 1= female), race (0= caucasian, 1= african-american, 2= asian, 3= other), ethnicity (0= latino, 1= not latino) and family/friend (0= family/friends, 1= no family/friends). Criminal background could be defined as a person committing an illegal act or having been incarcerated in the past. The criminal background will be key to this study. The family/friend control variable would also be another important part in this study. This variable is defined as the presence of friends and/or family in the ex-offenders process of getting a job, returning to society, etc. The hypothesis for this study is that there will be a direct correlation between a criminal background for ex-offenders and the low employment or hire rate for these people. In addition, the family/friend variable will play an important role in the chances of these ex-offenders getting hired. This will be the case because of the positive connections and support they will have on the …show more content…
In this study the area or community these participants apply to work in, might have an affect on the outcomes certain subjects. For example, if one of the subjects applies to jobs in nicer neighborhoods or their family members have ties to these jobs, the employers might be less inclined to hire them. This could lead to more denials and possibly make the data more disproportionate than other subjects who applied to lower income communities where employers might need anyone who can work or are short on staff. Also, other problems that can arise over the course of this study is job market. The job market at the start of the study could possibly not be at its best, which would harm the chances of ex-offenders getting hired and skew the data of the
Approximately three fourths of ex-offenders across the nation have no luck finding a job a year after they have been released (Pager, 2008). Checking the box on a job application notifying employers of your criminal record has them consider hiring an ex-offender, and most likely leads to them getting denied a job. In addition, spending time in jail and/or prison can create new social networks for ex-offenders with other criminals and could make criminal activity more likely (Schmitt, 2011). With around 95 percent of current prisoners going to be released, having a difficult time finding employment can be a factor in reoffending and ultimately returning to a correctional facility.
The study will examine how …show more content…
The dependent variable is whether or not the ex-offender gets hired to work because of their criminal status (0= not hired, 1= hired). The independent variable would be the ex-offender (0= ex-offender, 1= non-offender). An ex-offender would be defined as someone who has a criminal history and/or has served time in a correctional facility. The control variables for this research would be the criminal background, gender (0= male, 1= female), race (0= caucasian, 1= african-american, 2= asian, 3= other), ethnicity (0= latino, 1= not latino) and family/friend (0= family/friends, 1= no family/friends). Criminal background could be defined as a person committing an illegal act or having been incarcerated in the past. The criminal background will be key to this study. The family/friend control variable would also be another important part in this study. This variable is defined as the presence of friends and/or family in the ex-offenders process of getting a job, returning to society, etc. The hypothesis for this study is that there will be a direct correlation between a criminal background for ex-offenders and the low employment or hire rate for these people. In addition, the family/friend variable will play an important role in the chances of these ex-offenders getting hired. This will be the case because of the positive connections and support they will have on the …show more content…
In this study the area or community these participants apply to work in, might have an affect on the outcomes certain subjects. For example, if one of the subjects applies to jobs in nicer neighborhoods or their family members have ties to these jobs, the employers might be less inclined to hire them. This could lead to more denials and possibly make the data more disproportionate than other subjects who applied to lower income communities where employers might need anyone who can work or are short on staff. Also, other problems that can arise over the course of this study is job market. The job market at the start of the study could possibly not be at its best, which would harm the chances of ex-offenders getting hired and skew the data of the