Criminal Records Common Among Unemployed Youths, Says Study
February 20th 2022 by Ani @ www.news18.com
It isn’t uncommon to open newspapers nowadays and see the shocking rise in crime rates. More so, crimes committed by young people. According to a new RAND Corporation Study, more than half of unemployed American men in their 30s have a history of being arrested or convicted of a crime, a stigma that poses a barrier to them participating in the nation’s labour force.
By age 35, 64 per cent of unemployed men have been arrested and 46 per cent have been convicted of a crime, with the rates varying only slightly by race and ethnicity. This study was published in the journal ‘Science Advances’. Researchers said that the findings suggested that employment services should focus more on the special challenges facing the unemployed who have criminal history records. “Employers need to understand that one big reason they cannot find the workers they need is too often they exclude those who have had involvement with the criminal justice system," said Shawn Bushway, the study’s lead author and a senior policy researcher at RAND, a nonprofit research organization.