What are the economic effects of criminal records on employment opportunities and long-term earnings in Scotland?

Background

Delivering the Scottish Government’s Vision for Justice requires a whole system approach as recognised in its four underpinning core principles: ‘Founded in equality and human rights’,’ Evidence-based’, ‘Embed person-centred and trauma-informed practices’ and, ‘Collaboration and Partnership’. As such, Justice Analytical Services have identified the theme of ‘Whole Justice System Analysis’ as a research priority. This theme includes holistic research into justice equalities, justice economics and justice as a system – robust research on all of these topics will inform work towards the Vision for Justice aims.

Next steps

Get in touch with Justice_Analysts@gov.scot

Source

This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:

Justice analytical services areas research interest

Research fields

No research fields assigned yet

Related UKRI funded projects


  • Still 'living it down'? The old problem of convictions: evaluating the impact of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 after 50 years.

    Over 12.2 million people in the UK - one in six of the population - have some sort of criminal record. Many of these records will be old, since the majority of people who acquired them will have appeared in court only on...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Nottingham

    Why might this be relevant?

    This project specifically evaluates the impact of criminal records on employment opportunities and long-term earnings, aligning with the question.

  • CO-PRODUCING DESISTANCE FROM CRIME: THE ROLE OF SOCIAL COOPERATIVE STRUCTURES OF EMPLOYMENT

    Across the UK, and indeed further afield, increasing political, professional and public concern has been expressed about the economic, social and human costs of the increasing use of imprisonment and of reoffending follo...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Strathclyde

    Why might this be relevant?

    While this project focuses on employment opportunities for former prisoners, it does not directly address the economic effects of criminal records on long-term earnings.

  • A multi-cultural comparative study into the influence national level variations have on desistance from crime

    NERC: Jessica Cleary: ES/P000681/1 Using qualitative interviews with participants involved in criminal justice interventions, collected in Québec (Canada) and Scotland prior to the exchange, this project will expl...

    Funded by: UKRI

    Lead research organisation: University of Stirling

    Why might this be relevant?

    This project compares national level factors impacting desistance from crime, which indirectly relates to the economic effects of criminal records on employment opportunities and long-term earnings.

  • ADR UK Data First Evaluation Fellowship

    Until recently, the large amounts of administrative data routinely collected about offenders as they are moved through the Criminal Justice System have been inaccessible to research. Instead, our understanding has largel...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Surrey

  • MoJ/ADR UK Data First Programme Academic Lead

    The Data First programme is a Ministry of Justice (MoJ)-led investment funded by Administrative Data Research UK (ADR UK), part of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). This is a ground-breaking and pioneering...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: Nottingham Trent University

  • Machine learning methods for studying the trajectories of young offenders in administrative data

    Administrative data has the potential to open new and invaluable research opportunities to better understand societal phenomena and support evidence-based policy-making. One research area administrative data can signific...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: Institute for Fiscal Studies