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Racial Threat, Criminal History, and Employment: Examining the Determinants of Ban the Box Passage

LaPlant, Eric G
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1466519138

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2016, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Sociology.
The existence of a criminal record is known to have a deleterious effect on ex-offenders’ efforts to obtain employment, disproportionately affecting African Americans. Social movements that advocate for the removal of criminal history inquiries from employment applications, such as the Ban the Box campaign, are increasingly gaining mainstream support and have been voluntarily adopted by 23 states and a multitude of cities and counties. However, research has yet to examine whether and how place-level characteristics influence the decision to support such policies. Using data from the 2000 and 2010 U.S. Census as well as the 2010 American Community Survey, I conduct a multivariate event history analysis of place level data to evaluate hypotheses drawn from several theories including Blalock's racial threat theory, analyzing how various factors impact support for Ban the Box initiatives. Findings from this study largely support racial threat theory. Policy implications are discussed.
Paul E. Bellair (Advisor)
Ryan D. King (Committee Member)
Mike Vuolo (Committee Member)
44 p.
Criminology; Sociology
racial threat; Ban the Box; collateral consequences; ex-offender re-entry; employment

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  • LaPlant, E. G. (2016). Racial Threat, Criminal History, and Employment: Examining the Determinants of Ban the Box Passage [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1466519138

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • LaPlant, Eric. Racial Threat, Criminal History, and Employment: Examining the Determinants of Ban the Box Passage. 2016. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1466519138.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • LaPlant, Eric. "Racial Threat, Criminal History, and Employment: Examining the Determinants of Ban the Box Passage." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1466519138

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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