In February 2023, the Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice issued a report, Employment of State and...

In January 2022, the CPFB “published a review of the financial issues facing people and families who come in contact with...

In 2020, Councilman Steven T. Levin (D-Brooklyn Heights), introduced a bill, Intro. 2047, that “would prohibit housing discrimination in rentals, leases,...

On June 15, 2021, the Higher Education and Workforce Investment Subcommittee of the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee held a...

Last month, to coincide with Second Chances Month, the Brookings-AEI Working Group on Criminal Justice Reform issued a report, A better path forward...

On March 13, 2012, the U.S. Chamber, along with the Consumer Data Industry Association (CDIA) and the National Association of Professional...

In 2011, Dr. Jeff Sedgwick, criminologist and former director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) at the U.S. Department of Justice, wrote an Op-Ed, Employment Background Checks Reduce Discrimination.

In July 2011, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) started down a long road to examine arrest and conviction records...

In 2011, Dr. Jeff Sedgwick, criminologist and former director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) at the U.S. Department of Justice, wrote a paper, Overview of Selected Current Research on Employment and Crime and on the Causes of Reoffending.

In 2010, Dr. Jeff Sedgwick, criminologist and former director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) at the U.S. Department of...