Individualizing Risk: Moral Judgement, Professional Knowledge and Affect in Parole Evaluations
Criminal justice professionals rely less on risk assessments than is presumed. This article uses qualitative research with parole agents...
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The Risk Myth
Mar 11, 2021
Character, Competence and the Principles of Medical Discipline
A focus on competency would do much more to protect the public from malpractice than removing a physician's license for behavior in...
Mar 11, 2021
Predicting the Counterproductive Employee in a Child-to-Adult Prospective Study
Adolescent criminal activity is not a predictor of counterproductive work behaviors. By following a cohort of young people in New...
Mar 11, 2021
Virtue and the Law: The Good Moral Character Requirement in Occupational Licensing,....
'Good moral character’ requirements for occupational licensing and immigration are both arbitrary and poorly applied. Utilizing...
Mar 11, 2021
Criminal Background Checks in Nursing: Safeguarding the Public?
Criminal background checks are believed to protect employers from negligent hiring liability, and while not necessarily good indicators...
Mar 11, 2021
Criminal Background and Job Performance
People with criminal records are less likely to quit their jobs. Using data from nearly 74,000 people who applied and worked in customer...
Mar 11, 2021
Does a Criminal Past Predict Worker Performance? Evidence from One of America’s Largest Employers
There is no real difference in work performance between people with criminal records and those without. By analyzing the attrition and...
Mar 11, 2021
Enduring Risk? Old Criminal Records and Predictions of Future Criminal Involvement
There is little to no difference in propensity to commit a crime between people with and without criminal justice involvement,...
Mar 11, 2021
Ex-Offenders Need Not Apply: The Criminal Background Check in Hiring Decisions
A lack of evidence supports the presumption that workplace violence is committed by co-workers who have been incarcerated. The authors of...
Mar 11, 2021
Workplace Violence, 1993-2009: National Crime Victimization Survey
Excluding people with criminal records from the workplace is often justified by concerns about workplace violence. However, most of the...
Mar 11, 2021
Redeemed Compared to Whom?
Using 'time since last conviction' standards to assess a person's likelihood of reoffending holds everyone, including applicants without...
Mar 11, 2021
Gender Differences on the Road to Redemption
How does gender impact the estimated point in time when the likelihood of a person with a criminal record committing a crime matches the...
Mar 11, 2021
Redemption in the Presence of Widespread Criminal Background Checks
The risk of reoffending continues to decline over time, to the point where there is no risk distinction between people with and without...
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