Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428932763
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 93
Book Description
Drug offenders various factors may limit the impacts of federal laws that provide for denial of selected benefits : report to congressional requesters.
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428932763
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 93
Book Description
Drug Offenders
Author: Laurie E. EkstrandPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 9781422303856
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Fed. law allows for certain Fed. benefits to be denied to those convicted of drug offenses, incl. Temp. Assist. for Needy Fam. (TANF), food stamps, fed. assisted housing, post-sec. ed. assist., & fed. contracts. Given the sizable pop. of drug offend. (DO) in the U.S., the denial of benefit prov. are important if the oper. of these prov. work at cross purposes with fed. initiatives intended to foster prisoner reint. into soc. This report analyzed: (1) the no. & % of DO est. to be denied fed. post-secondary ed. & fed. assisted housing ben. & fed. grants; & (2) factors affecting whether DO would have been eligible to receive TANF & food stamp ben., but for their drug offense convictions, & the % of DO released who would have been eligible to receive these benefits.
The Eternal Criminal Record
Author: James B. JacobsPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 067496716X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 413
Book Description
For over sixty million Americans, possessing a criminal record overshadows everything else about their public identity. A rap sheet, or even a court appearance or background report that reveals a run-in with the law, can have fateful consequences for a person’s interactions with just about everyone else. The Eternal Criminal Record makes transparent a pervasive system of police databases and identity screening that has become a routine feature of American life. The United States is unique in making criminal information easy to obtain by employers, landlords, neighbors, even cyberstalkers. Its nationally integrated rap-sheet system is second to none as an effective law enforcement tool, but it has also facilitated the transfer of ever more sensitive information into the public domain. While there are good reasons for a person’s criminal past to be public knowledge, records of arrests that fail to result in convictions are of questionable benefit. Simply by placing someone under arrest, a police officer has the power to tag a person with a legal history that effectively incriminates him or her for life. In James Jacobs’s view, law-abiding citizens have a right to know when individuals in their community or workplace represent a potential threat. But convicted persons have rights, too. Jacobs closely examines the problems created by erroneous record keeping, critiques the way the records of individuals who go years without a new conviction are expunged, and proposes strategies for eliminating discrimination based on criminal history, such as certifying the records of those who have demonstrated their rehabilitation.
Barriers to Reentry?
Author: Shawn D. BushwayPublisher: Russell Sage Foundation
ISBN: 161044101X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
With the introduction of more aggressive policing, prosecution, and sentencing since the late 1970s, the number of Americans in prison has increased dramatically. While many have credited these "get tough" policies with lowering violent crime rates, we are only just beginning to understand the broader costs of mass incarceration. In Barriers to Reentry? experts on labor markets and the criminal justice system investigate how imprisonment affects ex-offenders' employment prospects, and how the challenge of finding work after prison affects the likelihood that they will break the law again and return to prison. The authors examine the intersection of imprisonment and employment from many vantage points, including employer surveys, interviews with former prisoners, and state data on prison employment programs and post-incarceration employment rates. Ex-prisoners face many obstacles to re-entering the job market—from employers' fears of negligent hiring lawsuits to the lost opportunities for acquiring work experience while incarcerated. In a study of former prisoners, Becky Pettit and Christopher Lyons find that employment among this group was actually higher immediately after their release than before they were incarcerated, but that over time their employment rate dropped to their pre-imprisonment levels. Exploring the demand side of the equation, Harry Holzer, Steven Raphael, and Michael Stoll report on their survey of employers in Los Angeles about the hiring of former criminals, in which they find strong evidence of pervasive hiring discrimination against ex-prisoners. Devah Pager finds similar evidence of employer discrimination in an experiment in which Milwaukee employers were presented with applications for otherwise comparable jobseekers, some of whom had criminal records and some of whom did not. Such findings are particularly troubling in light of research by Steven Raphael and David Weiman which shows that ex-criminals are more likely to violate parole if they are unemployed. In a concluding chapter, Bruce Western warns that prison is becoming the norm for too many inner-city minority males; by preventing access to the labor market, mass incarceration is exacerbating inequality. Western argues that, ultimately, the most successful policies are those that keep young men out of prison in the first place. Promoting social justice and reducing recidivism both demand greater efforts to reintegrate former prisoners into the workforce. Barriers to Reentry? cogently underscores one of the major social costs of incarceration, and builds a compelling case for rethinking the way our country rehabilitates criminals.
A Jury of "peers"
Author: Darren Lee WheelockHigh-Containment Laboratories
Author: United States Government Accountability OfficePublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781984167101
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
High-Containment Laboratories: National Strategy for Oversight Is Needed
Handbook on the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986
Author: Emerging Issues on Privatized Prisons
Author: James AustinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Corrections
Languages : en
Pages : 83
Book Description
This report discusses the findings of a nationwide study on the use of private prisons in the United States. The number of these prisons grew enormously between 1987 and 1998, with proponents suggesting that allowing facilities to be operated by the private sector could result in cost reductions of 20%. The study examined the historical factors that gave rise to the higher incarceration rates, fueling the privatization movement, and the role played by the private sector in the prison system. It outlines the arguments, both in support of and opposition to, privatized prisons, reviews current literature on the subject, and examines issues that will have an impact on future privatizations. The report concludes that, rather than the projected 20-percent savings, the average saving from privatization was only about 1 percent, and most of that was achieved through lower labor costs. Nevertheless, there were indications that the mere prospect of privatization had a positive effect on prison administration, making it more responsive to reform.
The Digital Person
Author: Daniel J SolovePublisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814740375
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
Daniel Solove presents a startling revelation of how digital dossiers are created, usually without the knowledge of the subject, & argues that we must rethink our understanding of what privacy is & what it means in the digital age before addressing the need to reform the laws that regulate it.
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