SCCJ Professor Megan Denver and doctoral student Abigail Ballou published an article as part of a series of papers commissioned by Arnold Ventures examining the relationship between criminal justice reforms and public safety.
Researchers were asked to consider how a particular aspect of the justice system advances or undermines community safety.
Denver and Ballou explored how widespread post-conviction employment sanctions, restrictions, and disqualifications for individuals with criminal records and histories of justice system involvement can interact and accumulate in ways that are counterproductive to safety. Read Denver and Ballou’s paper here, and the entire series here:
