Research Paper Proposal

I would like to pick “the bad life one-way ticket” topic for my research paper. I would like to especially focus on hiring ex-convicts in society and how they should adapt to our environment. I wanted to do this topic because I can kind of relate as to how hard it is to find a job in this economy. And let alone find a job that will hire you if you are an ex-convict. I personally do not know any people that go into this category put I will try to state examples throughout my research as to what kind of difficulties these people go thorough in order to change the bad things they have done in the past and settle to a different life style that they are willing to live.

Sources

·         The Mark of a Criminal Record, Devah Pager

American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 108, No. 5 (March 2003), pp. 937-975

Published by: The University of Chicago Press

Article DOI: 10.1086/374403

Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/374403

·         Criminal past should not bar applicants from all positions. (2012). Business Insurance, 46(43), 0012. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=buh&AN=83366645&site=bsi-live

·         New law: Safe haven when hiring people with criminal histories. (2009). HR Specialist: Minnesota Employment Law, 2(8), 6. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=buh&AN=43860297&site=bsi-live

·         New hiring law should help employers and convicts. (2013). HR Specialist: Texas Employment Law, 8(8), 5. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=buh&AN=92989894&site=bsi-live

·         Schmitz, C. (2007). Ban on Hiring Ex-Convicts Raises Title VII Concerns. Insidecounsel, 17(187), 67-68. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=buh&AN=25441939&site=bsi-live

·         Hall, J. R. (2005). One More Time: Giving Ex-Convicts A Break. Air Conditioning Heating & Refrigeration News, 224(2), 20. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=buh&AN=15649257&site=bsi-live

·         Smialek, J. (2014). Putting Released Prisoners Back to Work. Bloomberg Businessweek, (4366), 30-31. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=buh&AN=94358786&site=bsi-live

Additional Statistics to use

http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/cats/law_enforcement_courts_prisons.html

I will also use some statistics from the Census webpage stated above.