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Author: Childress, Deanna C.
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1. Childress, Deanna C.
Post-conviction Employment: Navigating the "Free" Market with the Stigma of a Criminal Record
Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Sociology, University of Notre Dame, 2022
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT)
Keyword(s): Incarceration/Jail; Job Search

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Gainful employment is critical to successful reentry into society for the formerly incarcerated. However, stigmatization based on criminal history makes labor market success difficult for these individuals. Empirical analysis of employment outcomes for Americans with criminal histories focuses largely on the perspectives of employers and lacks exploration into the choices, motivations, and agency of those facing criminal stigmatization. In this dissertation, I use a mixed-methods approach to investigate how criminal stigmatization is related to job search strategies and employment outcomes.

In chapter 1, I provide a background and literature review of the body of work that forms the basis for my questions. In chapter 2, I investigate whether there are differences in the job search strategies used by the formerly incarcerated compared to those never incarcerated in the NLSY97, a nationally representative longitudinal data set. I then explore whether an incarceration spell changes the job search strategies of the formerly incarcerated by comparing their pre-incarceration job search strategies to their post-incarceration job search strategies. Finally, still using the NLSY97 data, I examine how specific job search strategies are related to employment outcomes for the formerly incarcerated compared to those never incarcerated.

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Childress, Deanna C. Post-conviction Employment: Navigating the "Free" Market with the Stigma of a Criminal Record. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Sociology, University of Notre Dame, 2022.