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Author:

Pager, Devah.

Title:

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

Publisher:

University of Chicago Press,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

xiii, 248 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Ex-convicts--Employment.
African Americans--Employment.

Notes:

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.

ISBN:

0226644839 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226644837 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2007003733

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)