Policy Options to Mitigate the Criminal Record Barrier to Employment
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PART II: PRISONERS IN THE COMMUNITY
Daniel S. Murphy, PhD, is an ex-convict now Associate Professor in the Department of Justice and Criminal Studies, Appalachian State University. He has published many peer-reviewed articles and a recent book delineating an expansion of Robert K. Merton’s work on strain/anomie theory. He is an active member of the Convict Criminology group as well as co-chair of the Federal Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants’ (FedCURE) Legislative Action Committee. He also serves as a member of FedCURE’s Board of Directors.
Stephen C. Richards, PhD, is an ex-convict now Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. His work has appeared in numerous academic journals. The author of five books, his most recent books include Behind Bars: Surviving Prison (2002), Convict Criminology (2003) and Beyond Bars (with Jeffrey Ian Ross) (2009). Richards is a Soros Senior Justice Fellow and member of the American Society of Criminology National Policy Committee. He is lead organizer of the Convict Criminology Group.
Brian Fuleihan is an ex-convict doctoral student at the University of South Carolina. He has co-authored one article on the stigmatizing effects of electronic criminal records and is currently researching the net effect of drug treatment courts on incarceration rates.