Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The Power of Pardons: Broadening Employment Opportunities for Justice-Involved Individuals -- Chapter 3: Establishing the Job-Relatedness of Criminal Convictions -- Chapter 4: An Examination of Barriers and Challenges to Securing and Maintaining Employment...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify factors that affect how managers assess the importance of criminal history for job seekers with criminal records in Ban the Box states. Design/methodology/approach This study uses a phenomenological investigative approach to examine narrative...