ABSTRACT

Using mixed-methods guided by social movements and racial threat literatures, we examine advocacy and passage of “Ban-the-Box” policies removing criminal history inquiries from employment applications. Our content analysis reveals that organizations integral to passage centered their identity around racial justice, coalition-building, and addressing harms of the criminal justice system. Event history analyses among cities, counties, and states shows opportunities (larger Black populations, urbanicity, Black mayor, prior in-state passages) and impediments to passage (conservativism, White-Black unemployment gap). Together, they highlight factors regarding success of a policy designed to address racial inequality and restore opportunity to jobseekers affected by mass incarceration.

摘要

使用以社会运动和种族威胁文献为指导的混合方法，我们研究了“禁止盒子”政策的倡导和通过，从就业申请中删除犯罪历史查询。我们的内容分析表明，通过组织不可或缺的组织将其身份集中在种族正义、联盟建设和解决刑事司法系统的危害上。城市、县和州之间的事件历史分析显示了机会（更大的黑人人口、城市化、黑人市长、之前的州内通过）和通过的障碍（保守主义、白人-黑人失业差距）。他们共同强调了旨在解决种族不平等问题并为受大规模监禁影响的求职者恢复机会的政策成功的因素。