Devah pager matched up pairs of young men, randomly assigned them criminal records, then sent them on hundreds of. Race, crime, and finding work in an era of mass incarceration, the sociologist devah pager attempts to show how the possession of a criminal record lowers ones chances of employment and, combined with the effect of race, unfairly penalizes african american males compared with their white counterparts. Book of the year award, association for humanist sociology pass book for the year award, national council on crime and delinquency. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading marked. Devah pager matched up pairs of young men, randomly assigned them criminal records, then sent them on hundreds of real job searches throughout the city of milwaukee. Devah pager matched up pairs of young men, randomly assigned them criminal records, then sent them on hundreds of real job. He underperforms in school and never thinks about going to college. Wallach professor at the radcliffe institute for advanced study. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. For the hundreds of thousands of young men leaving american prisons each year, their answer to that question may.
Ultimately, he drops out before graduating from high school, telling the school counselor that hes just not book. Devah pager matched up pairs of young men, randomly assigned them. She gave the assistants fake credentials that make them equivalent in terms of education, job experience, and so on. The product of an innovative field experiment, marked gives us our first real glimpse into the tremendous difficulties facing exoffenders in the job market. Devah pager conducted a matchedpair experiment in which she had male testers apply for the same entrylevel jobs advertised in milwaukee newspapers. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Marked race, crime, and finding work in an era of mass. Race, crime, and finding work in an era of mass incarceration author. Pager s book isnt a massmarket treatise on the ills of the justice system, but an academic study. Race, crime, and finding work in an era of mass incarceration university of chi devah pagers research focuses on institutions affecting racial stratification, including education, labor markets, and the criminal justice system. With over 2 million individuals currently incarcerated, and over half a million prisoners released each year, the large and growing number of men being processed through the criminal justice system raises important questions about the consequences of this massive institutional intervention. Race, crime, and finding work in an era of mass incarceration kindle edition by pager, devah.
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Her book marked evolved from her doctoral dissertation at the university of wisconsinmadison, from which she graduated in 2002. Devah iwalani pager march 1, 1972 november 2, 2018 was an american sociologist best known for her research on racial discrimination in employment and the american criminal justice system. Race, crime, and finding work in an era of mass incarceration. University of chicago press, 2007, 248 pp show all authors. When discrimination was thought to be a thing of the past, devah pager proved otherwise by matthew desmond dec. The mark of a criminal record negative credential to individuals, certifying them in ways that may qualify them for discrimination or social exclusion.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Devah pager s research focused on institutions affecting racial stratification, including education, labor markets, and the criminal justice system. Race, crime, and finding work in an era of mass incarceration, was named book of the year by the association for humanist sociology. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Race, crime, and finding work in an era of mass incarceration university of chicago, 2007, investigates the racial and economic consequences of large scale imprisonment for contemporary u. Using an experimental audit design, i have been able to isolate that institutional effect, holding constant many background and personal characteristics that otherwise make it. Noteworthy book in industrial relations and labor economics. A child struggles to learn how to read and is frequently teased about it by his siblings and referred to as slow by his parents and teachers.
A major consequence of mass incarceration in the united states is that close to 700,000 prisoners will be released from state and federal prisons each year for the foreseeable future. Race, crime, and finding work in an era of mass incarceration, which the association for humanist sociology named book of the year. This article focuses on the consequences of incarceration for the employment outcomes of black and white. National board of institutional care, sweden see all articles by this author. Race, crime and finding work in an era of mass incarceration chicago, il and london. Devah pager stanford center on poverty and inequality. Excons face race barriers in job search research suggests that race plays a significant role in determining whether exconvicts will succeed. When discrimination was thought to be a thing of the past. Race, crime, and finding work in an era of mass incarceration by devah pager, 2007 online research library. Devah pager 19722018 was the peter and isabel malkin professor of. Questia read the fulltext online edition of marked.
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Devah pager is professor of sociology and public policy at harvard university. Race, crime, and finding work in an era of mass incarceration 2007. Marked race, crime, and finding work in an era of mass incarceration. Race, crime, and finding work in an era of mass incarceration by devah pager isbn. Among her other accolades was an early career award from the poverty, inequality, and mobility section of the american sociological. Book of the year award, association for humanist sociology pass book for the year award, national council on crime and delinquency selected for. Race, crime, and finding work in an era of mass incarceration pager, devah on. Race, crime, and finding work in an era of mass incarceration ebook written by devah pager. Race, criminal background, and employment sociological. The mark of a criminal record1 american journal of. Devah pager 19722018 was the peter and isabel malkin professor of sociology of public policy at harvard university. Pager s recent research involved a series of field experiments studying discrimination against minorities and exoffenders in the lowwage labor market. Devah pager, a harvard sociologist who documented bias in. Race, crime, and finding work in an era of mass incarceration by devah pager the university of chicago press.
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