Redemption in the presence of widespread criminal background checks

Criminology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 327-359

  Blumstein, Alfred ^a   Nakamura, Kiminori ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Criminal background checks; Criminal history records; Employment; Redemption

Indexed keywords

EID: 65949112497     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2009.00155.x     Document Type: Article

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