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Author: Sheely, Amanda
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1. Sheely, Amanda
Criminal Justice Involvement and Employment Outcomes Among Women
Crime and Delinquency published online (11 July 2019): DOI: 10.1177/0011128719860833.
Also: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0011128719860833
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Sage Publications
Keyword(s): Arrests; Criminal Justice System; Labor Market Outcomes; Women

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

This article investigates the potentially cumulative effects of being arrested, convicted, and incarcerated on labor market outcomes among women, as well as whether decreased employment levels are due to labor market exclusion or detachment. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, I find that arrested women have reduced levels of employment, due to both labor market exclusion (unemployment) and labor market detachment (not in the labor force). Once the effect of being arrested is taken into account, women who are convicted or incarcerated do not face any additional negative employment consequences. These results demonstrate that policymakers must look beyond incarceration to reduce the impact of criminal justice involvement on women.
Bibliography Citation
Sheely, Amanda. "Criminal Justice Involvement and Employment Outcomes Among Women." Crime and Delinquency published online (11 July 2019): DOI: 10.1177/0011128719860833.
2. Sheely, Amanda
State Supervision, Punishment and Poverty: The Case of Drug Bans on Welfare Receipt
Punishment and Society 23,3 (July 2021): 413-435.
Also: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1462474520959433
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Sage Publications
Keyword(s): Crime; Drug Use; Geocoded Data; Poverty; State-Level Data/Policy; Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly Food Stamps); Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF); Welfare

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

This article explores the relationship between supervisory approaches to governance, punishment, and poverty among people with drug convictions. Tying government assistance to supervision could improve employment and economic outcomes. However, if experienced as punishment, recipients may forgo financial assistance and be more likely to experience poverty. Using information on policies that restrict access to welfare for people with drug felony convictions in the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) and the Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Programs (SNAP), this paper makes two contributions. First, it documents state variation in the balance between supervision and punishment in these bans. Second, using data from NLSY97, it estimates how individuals' likelihood of being in poverty is related to state SNAP drug ban policies. States have shifted away from overtly punitive policies denying access to welfare toward policies that increase supervisory requirements, especially for SNAP. This shows that punitiveness extends beyond work activation programs like TANF. Additionally, poverty among people with drug convictions is almost half in no ban states compared to those in full ban states. While poverty is lower in states that include supervisory requirements than in those for which a drug conviction fully blocks access to welfare, this difference was not statistically significant.
Bibliography Citation
Sheely, Amanda. "State Supervision, Punishment and Poverty: The Case of Drug Bans on Welfare Receipt." Punishment and Society 23,3 (July 2021): 413-435.