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2 results foundAuthor: Emsellem, Maurice Title: Advancing a Federal Fair Chance Hiring Agenda: Background Check Reforms in Over 100 Cities, Counties, and States Pave the Way for Presidential Action Summary: Almost one in three adults in the United States has a criminal record that will show up on a routine criminal background check.1 This creates a serious barrier to employment for millions of workers, especially in communities of color hardest hit by decades of over-criminalization. Reflecting the growing political consensus behind "smart on crime" reforms, elected officials from across the ideological spectrum have embraced "fair chance" hiring policies. These reforms restore hope and opportunity to qualified job-seekers with a criminal record who struggle against significant odds to find work and to give back to their communities. More than 100 jurisdictions, including 13 states, the District of Columbia, and 96 cities and counties, have adopted "ban the box" and other fair chance hiring reforms, often in tandem with criminal justice reform priorities. Several major corporations have embraced fair chance hiring as well, including three of the nation's top five retailers: Walmart, Target, and Home Depot. The federal government should build on this momentous wave of support for public- and private-sector hiring reforms. Now is the time for President Obama to act boldly to open up employment opportunities for the large numbers of Americans who have been unfairly locked out of the job market because of a criminal record. As the President's "My Brother's Keeper" Task Force recently concluded: Our youth and communities suffer when hiring practices unnecessarily disqualify candidates based on past mistakes. We should implement reforms to promote successful reentry, including encouraging hiring practices, such as "Ban the Box," which give applicants a fair chance and allows employers the opportunity to judge individual job candidates on their merits as they reenter the workforce. This paper makes the case for a federal fair-chance-hiring administrative initiative-including an Executive Order and Presidential Memorandum-that ensures that both federal agencies and federal contractors are leading the way to create job opportunities for qualified people with criminal records. In addition, as the 114th Congress convenes, this paper identifies several bipartisan legislative priorities, including the REDEEM Act (S. 2567), co-sponsored by Senators Corey Booker (D-NJ) and Rand Paul (R-KY), that would significantly advance employment opportunities for people with criminal records. Details: New York: National Employment Law Project, 2015. 24p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed February 7, 2015 at: http://www.nelp.org/page/-/SCLP/Report-Federal-Fair-Chance-Hiring-Agenda.pdf?nocdn=1 Year: 2015 Country: United States URL: http://www.nelp.org/page/-/SCLP/Report-Federal-Fair-Chance-Hiring-Agenda.pdf?nocdn=1 Shelf Number: 134560 Keywords: Ex-Offender EmploymentHiring Practices |
Author: Tepe, Markus Title: Cops for Hire? The Political Economy of Police Employment in the German States Summary: In times of an alleged waning of political business cycles and partisan policymaking, vote-seeking policymakers can be expected to shift the use of political manipulation mechanisms towards other policy domains in which the macro-institutional environment allows them greater leverage. Public employment generally, and police employment specifically, are promising domains for such tactics. Timing the hiring of police officers during election periods may increase votes, as these are 'street-visible' jobs dealing with politically salient issues. Law-and-order competence signaling makes police hiring especially attractive for conservative parties. Testing these electioneering and partisanship hypotheses in the German states between 1992 and 2010, we find that socio-economic variables such as population density strongly determine police employment. But incumbents also hire more police officers before elections, while conservative party power increases police numbers. Subjectively 'immediate' forms of crime (issue salience) and perceived causes of crime such as immigration are also positively associated with police numbers. Details: Unpublished paper, 2012. 46p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed May 18, 2015 at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2031003 Year: 2012 Country: Germany URL: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2031003 Shelf Number: 135801 Keywords: Crime ReductionHiring PracticesPolice Recruitment and SelectionPolicingPolitical Patronage |