Occupational licensing hurts rather than helps employment. This report analyzes ten licensed occupations across all 50 states, ranking...

There little correlation between many occupational licenses and public safety. For example, cosmetology, massage therapy and barbering...

The lack of evidence that formerly incarcerated people are 'riskier' hires than the average person means states should further reform...

States should remove the 'good character' standard for occupational licensing, as well as licensing all together for occupations that...

States should continue to reform their policies to reduce barriers to licensing for people with criminal records. This two-page summary...

Occupational licensing hurts the economy and strengthens economic and social inequities by contributing to low employment rates among...

Licensing standards that create barriers to employment for people with criminal convictions need to be reformed. This report provides a...

While licensing may be necessary for some professions, it is unnecessarily burdensome for many. This report from the Obama Administration...

Criminal justice professionals rely less on risk assessments than is presumed. This article uses qualitative research with parole agents...

A focus on competency would do much more to protect the public from malpractice than removing a physician's license for behavior in...

Adolescent criminal activity is not a predictor of counterproductive work behaviors. By following a cohort of young people in New...

'Good moral character’ requirements for occupational licensing and immigration are both arbitrary and poorly applied. Utilizing...

Criminal background checks are believed to protect employers from negligent hiring liability, and while not necessarily good indicators...

People with criminal records are less likely to quit their jobs. Using data from nearly 74,000 people who applied and worked in customer...

There is no real difference in work performance between people with criminal records and those without. By analyzing the attrition and...

There is little to no difference in propensity to commit a crime between people with and without criminal justice involvement,...

A lack of evidence supports the presumption that workplace violence is committed by co-workers who have been incarcerated. The authors of...

Excluding people with criminal records from the workplace is often justified by concerns about workplace violence. However, most of the...

Using 'time since last conviction' standards to assess a person's likelihood of reoffending holds everyone, including applicants without...

How does gender impact the estimated point in time when the likelihood of a person with a criminal record committing a crime matches the...