The Association between Selected Characteristics and Perceived Employability of Offenders
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Employment applications were prepared for 20 fictitious job applicants, and were then rank ordered by 225 undergraduate students enrolled in personnel management classes based on perceived suitability for employment in an entry-level job. Job applicants differed from each other on three treatments: type of crime allegedly committed, judicial outcome, and sex. Employability scores were derived for each applicant by converting the rank orders to a normal distribution with a given mean and standard deviation. Analysis of the data revealed a clear bias against all applicants who had allegedly committed a crime. The magnitude of the bias was related to the type of crime allegedly committed, and to the judicial outcome. Bias was not related to sex of the applicant.
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Later studies using correspondence tests report that, all else equal, contact with the criminal justice system leads to worse employment opportunities.
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- Authors
- FINN, R. H., & FONTAINE, P. A.
- Affiliations
- University of Georgia (US)
- University of Louisiana at Monroe (US)
- Venue
- Criminal Justice and Behavior
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1985-09
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 353-365
- ISSN
- 0093-8548 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-3594
- OpenAlex
- W2127838367
- Cited by
- 36
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 3 · 2016: 1 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 2.44
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Criminal Justice and Behavior (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Keywords
- perceived employability, offenders, employment discrimination, job applicants, crime types, judicial outcomes, sex differences, hiring bias, entry-level jobs
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