Doctoral Dissertation Research: Employment of Native Americans with Criminal Records

博士论文研究：有犯罪记录的美洲原住民的就业

• 批准号: 1802576
• 负责人: William Wilson
• 金额: $ 1.2万
• 依托单位: Harvard University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-07-01 至 2019-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1802576&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Employment; Native

Understanding the effects of concentrated disadvantage is of both theoretical and socially practical importance. Unemployed Native Americans with criminal records living on reservations constitutes a particularly acute situation of concentrated disadvantage. This project will investigate the effects of this condition on employment. Specifically, it will depict the job search process for tribal fathers with criminal records as they look for work post-incarceration. It will describe how these men provide for themselves and their families in the absence of formal employment and how living on vs. off-reservation can shape these processes. Findings from this study will be of use to policy makers, criminal justice officials, employers, and tribal governments who endeavor to support these men as they seek formal employment and attempt to reintegrate back into society. They will also be of use for the design of policy to ameliorate the effects of concentrated disadvantage in general.For this study, 30 tribal respondents from the Yurok and Hoopa Valley reservations, 15 living on reservation and 15 off reservation, will be interviewed. The research will address the question of how tribal fathers with criminal records manage the process of finding work. Those men who look for work post-incarceration face the double disadvantage of discrimination in the hiring process and a slack local labor market. They may also have access to resources unique to reservation residence that further weaken labor force attachment. In collaboration with the Yurok Tribal Court, this project will provide an account of the job search strategies of tribal fathers with criminal records, how they provide for themselves and their families in the absence of formal employment, and how living on vs. living off-reservation can shape these processes. The research questions pursued and the findings uncovered in this novel investigation will provide direction for the study of unemployment on reservations across the country.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

了解集中劣势的影响具有理论和社会实践的重要性。 居住在保留地的有犯罪记录的失业美洲土著人构成了一种特别严重的集中不利处境。 本项目将调查这种情况对就业的影响。 具体来说，它将描述有犯罪记录的部落父亲在监禁后寻找工作时的求职过程。 它将描述这些人如何在没有正式就业的情况下为自己和家人提供服务，以及生活在保留地与非保留地如何塑造这些过程。 这项研究的结果将有助于政策制定者，刑事司法官员，雇主和部落政府奋进支持这些人，因为他们寻求正式就业，并试图重新融入社会。 他们也将用于政策的设计，以改善集中的不利因素的影响一般。对于这项研究，30个部落的受访者从Yurok和Hoopa山谷保留地，15个生活在保留地和15个关闭保留地，将接受采访。这项研究将解决有犯罪记录的部落父亲如何管理找工作的过程的问题。 那些在监禁后找工作的人面临着双重不利因素，即招聘过程中的歧视和当地劳动力市场的疲软。 他们还可能获得保留地特有的资源，这进一步削弱了劳动力依恋。 该项目将与Yurok部落法院合作，介绍有犯罪记录的部落父亲的求职策略，他们如何在没有正式就业的情况下养活自己和家人，以及在保留地生活与在保留地外生活如何影响这些过程。在这项新颖的调查中所追求的研究问题和发现的结果将为全国保留地的失业研究提供方向。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。