NCJ Number
38982
Date Published
1975
Length
14 pages
Annotation
DISCUSSION OF THE RESULTS OF A SURVEY CONDUCTED BY A BRITISH EX-OFFENDER EMPLOYMENT SERVICE FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECRUITING EMPLOYERS TO CONSIDER RECRUITING WHITE COLLAR WORKERS WHO HAVE CRIMINAL RECORDS.
Abstract
OF THE 77 COMPANIES SURVEYED, FOUR FAILED TO REPLY, EIGHT DODGED THE ISSUE BY POINTING OUT THAT THEY HAD NEVER KNOWINGLY HAD AN APPLICATION FROM AN EX-OFFENDER, AND HALF OF THE REMAINDER MAINTAINED SUCH APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE TREATED THE SAME AS OTHER APPLICANTS. ANOTHER GROUP OF EMPLOYERS FELT THAT THE COMPANY HAD A SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY TO GIVE EX-OFFENDERS SOME KIND OF SPECIAL ATTENTION; BUT THESE WERE BALANCED BY A SIMILAR NUMBER WHO FELT THAT EX-OFFENDERS WOULD BE UNLIKELY TO FIT IN. IN GENERAL, LARGER COMPANIES SHOWED MORE WILLINGNESS TO CONSIDER EX-OFFENDERS, AND MOST OF THE FIRMS CITING A CERTAIN SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY TO EX-OFFENDERS HAD KNOWINGLY EMPLOYED WHITE COLLAR EX-OFFENDERS IN THE PAST. IT IS SUGGESTED THAT GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT SERVICES ENCOURAGE EMPLOYERS AND POTENTIAL EMPLOYEES ALIKE TO USE THEIR PLACING FACILITIES WHICH OFFER SPECIAL SERVICES FOR THE DISADVANTAGED INSTEAD OF RELYING ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY ON NEWSPAPER JOB ADVERTISEMENTS.