The criminal record complex : risk, race, and the struggle for work in America /
"Burch places today's routine practice of background screening within racialized notions of risk originating in early capitalist development, tracing how, over decades, criminal background checks became a convenient catch-all, leveraged by entities with a direct interest in growing the pra...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
[2025]
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| Summary: | "Burch places today's routine practice of background screening within racialized notions of risk originating in early capitalist development, tracing how, over decades, criminal background checks became a convenient catch-all, leveraged by entities with a direct interest in growing the practice. Despite this reach, however, Burch discovers that small business owners tend to put less value on background checks, trusting their own judgment. Approaching the issue from both personal and policy perspectives, The Criminal Record Complex upends what we thought we knew about the causes of criminal record discrimination. It suggests that our best hope for creating safe workplaces lies not in the false promise of background screening, but in building the kinds of economies and communities that support true safety."--Publisher's description |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 231 pages : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780691272115 (electronic bk.) 0691272115 (electronic bk.) |