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Author Pager, Devah.

Title Marked : race, crime, and finding work in an era of mass incarceration / Devah Pager.

Imprint Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  331.5108996 P146m 2007    ---  Available
Description xiii, 248 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-234) and index.
Contents Mass incarceration and the problems of prisoner reentry -- The labor market consequences of incarceration -- Measuring the labor market consequences of incarceration -- The mark of a criminal record -- The mark of race -- Two strikes and you're out : the intensification of racial and criminal stigma -- But what if-- ? variations on the experimental design -- Conclusion : missing the mark.
Subject Ex-convicts -- Employment.
African Americans -- Employment.
ISBN 0226644847 (pbk.)
9780226644837 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226644839 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226644844 (pbk.)
Standard No. NZ1 11240740
AU@ 000042286878

 
    
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