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This document summarizes the purpose and methodology of a research study investigating the relationship between employers' perceptions of convicts and the ability of convicts to find employment after release. The study aims to examine how employers perceive convicts, how convicts perceive their ability to reenter the workforce, and whether education level impacts employment outcomes. It outlines surveys of employers and convicts to collect both quantitative and qualitative data on perceptions and concerns. Interviews will further explore survey responses. Results may provide insight into improving employment and reducing recidivism among released convicts.
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- 1. Prisoners? What’s the first thing you think of?
- 4. Employers & Convicts The effects of employers’ perceptions on convicts reentering the workforce Josh Maxwell Northeastern State University
- 5. The United States • is 6th in college degrees and 1st in incarceration rate • has < 5% of the world’s pop’l, yet jails ~25% of the world’s prisoners * • has seen a 20 year increase: ** 1980 – 330,000 1999 – 1.4 million * Owens(2009) ** Lynch & Sabol (2001) infographic: FastCoDesign (http://bit.ly/YS4fi1)
- 6. “Higher education is an investment for students’ futures… …Prison is an investment ensuring ex-convicts have no future.” • Ex-con Unemployment: 60% • College Grad: 12.1% • Prisoners attending educational programs while serving time were less likely to be incarcerated * * Vacca (2004) infographic: FastCoDesign (http://bit.ly/YS4fi1)
- 7. New Jersey Cost Comparison 1 Princeton Student vs 1 Trenton Inmate* $37,000 / year / student $44,000 / year / inmate * FastCoDesign (http://bit.ly/YS4fi1)
- 8. “We are poor stewards of taxpayer money if we ignore rehabilitation…” * Will cost taxpayers less in the long run** Aid convicts in finding job, lower recidivism *** * Early (2005), p 2 ** Haulard (2001) *** Vacca (2004)
- 9. Invisible Punishments Civil and societal penalties 1. Physical Punishments: eg, difficulty finding jobs, stereotyped 2. Emotional/Mental Punishments: eg, depression, anxiety, suicide
- 10. “Negativity is the one theme regarding how convicts perceive society’s view of them...” * Convicts feel they are stereotyped in the media as drug addicts, killers, whores, or “no goods” Very little air-time is dedicated to convicts who successfully reenter the workforce & society * * Howard (2009), p 2
- 11. Purpose & Research Questions 1. What correlation, if any, is there between employers’ perceptions and convicts’ ability to find employment? a. How do employers perceive convicts? b. What are convicts’ perceptions of reentry into the workforce?
- 12. Purpose & Research Questions 2. Is there a relationship between employer’s perception of convicts and convicts’ emotional well being? 3. How does the education level of a convict correlate to their ability to find employment after release?
- 14. Employer Surveys (open/likert) • What type of business? • Likely hood of hiring convict? 1 2 34 5 • Would education level affect decision? Scale: 1-Very Likely 2-Likely 3-Don’t know 4-Unlikely 5-Very Unlikely
- 15. Convict Surveys (open/likert) • Why were you incarcerated? • Level of incarceration? county state federal • How concerned were/are you about finding employment upon release? 1 2 3 4 5 Scale: 1-Very Concerned 2-Concerned 3-Don’t know 4-Unconcerned 5-Very Unconcerned
- 16. Sampling • Tulsa/OKC Chamber Employers • 100 Employers, Saturation @ 65 • Convicts via Prison Ministry • 50 Convicts, Saturation @ 30 • Hardcopies & PollDaddy.com
- 17. Interviews • Travel to business, home, jail • Phone interviews a possibility • Hard copies of questionnaire • Open-ended questions based on survey • Minimum of 20 mins, max of 2 hours
- 18. Confidentiality Confidentiality Agreement • Anonymity • No names, only general information • Paper data to electronic, paper destroyed • Stored for 10 years, password protected • Discarded or follow-up for new research
- 19. Expected Findings 1. Employers will be less likely to hire convicts if given the choice. 2. Convicts will be nervous about being able to attain employment because of social prejudices 3. Education level will have very little if any affect on findings