Analyzing the Effects of 'Ban the Box' Legislation on Employment

This assignment examines the 'Ban the Box' initiative, a policy designed to remove questions about criminal history from job applications. The assignment explores the advantages, such as increased employment opportunities for ex-offenders and the potential for rehabilitation, as well as the disadvantages, including the possibility of increased crime rates and racial discrimination in hiring. The analysis includes a discussion of the legislation's requirements and the impact on employers, as well as the ethical considerations surrounding the practice. The assignment draws on academic sources to support its arguments, providing a comprehensive overview of the 'Ban the Box' debate and its multifaceted impacts on society and the workforce. The assignment includes references to support the claims made in the solution.

Write about 250 words total
Law & the Individual: Ban the Box
BAN THE BOX is BENEFICIAL
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BAN THE BOX is DETRIMENTAL
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Ban the Box is a concept which aims at
helping the ex offenders to find their jobs. It
means that while hiring a candidate, its
criminal record need not be inquired by the
employer. It contains many advantages in
its concept. It will bring several new
positive results. It increases the
employment opportunities and also
increases the productivity . It encourages
the former criminal record holder to earn
money on its own (de Pina-Cabral, 2013).
The legislation of the ban the box involves
number of requirements that an employer
must follow before disqualifying a
candidate on the basis of their criminal
history.
Also. If banning the box has come into the
practice, it will consume more time of the
employers in screening the numerous
resumes for a particular job. It is an well
intended concept, it also gives a chance to
the former criminals to be respectable
citizen.
Total words = ___________
This concept is more detrimental to the society
instead of beneficial. It decreases the
employment opportunities for the people who do
not have any criminal records.
This also increases the crime rates and also
incarceration rates.
Ban the Box forbids the public and also private
employers to inquire about an applicant's criminal
history (Weinberg, 2014).
These policies leads the employers to provide the
jobs with a criminal background.
Also, employers can not ask about the race of
candidate on a job application. Banning the box
is also leading to racial discrimination in call
backs. Also, it can also lead to have fake people
in the employment which can pretend to be the
not offended people.
It also increases the racial disparities in the
employment practices.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
de Pina-Cabral, J., 2013. The two faces of mutuality: Contemporary themes in
anthropology. Anthropological Quarterly.86(1). pp.257-275.
Weinberg, D., 2014. Contemporary social constructionism: Key themes. Temple University
Press.