Carceral Chicago: Making the ex-offender employability crisis

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 251-281

  Peck, Jamie ^a   Theodore, Nik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chicago; Ex offenders; Poverty; Prison system; Race; Urban labor markets

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; LABOR MARKET; POVERTY; SOCIAL STATUS; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBAN AREA;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45249121862     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2008.00785.x     Document Type: Article

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