Marked: Race, Crime, and Finding Work in an Era of Mass Incarceration by Devah Pager

Marked: Race, Crime, and Finding Work in an Era of Mass Incarceration

Devah Pager

248 pages first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction race sociology challenging informative slow-paced
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Nearly every job application asks it: have you ever been convicted of a crime? For the hundreds of thousands of young men leaving American prisons each year, their answer to that question may determine whether they can find work and begin rebuildi...

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