ADJUS-121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Structural Marxism, Squeegee Man, Mandatory Sentencing

• School: Diablo Valley College
• Department: Administration Of Justice
• Course: ADJUS-121
• Professor: ortega

Document Summary

The mark of a criminal record by devah pager the effects of stigma. Assessing the stigma of a criminal record. Also investigates the extent to which race continues to serve as a major barrier to employment. Use of 4 male auditors tow black teams and 2 white teams. The audit pairs were randomly assigned 15 entry level job openings each week. A total of 350 employers were audited during the course of this study. Dependent variable: the proportion of applications that elicited call-backs from employers. 34% of whites without record received callbacks only relative to 17%% of whites with records. Among blacks without record, only 14% received callbacks, relative to 34% of white non criminals. Whites with records received more favorable treatment (17%) than blacks without criminal records (14%) Racial differences in the effects of a criminal record the effects of a criminal record appears more pronounced for blacks than for whites.