One of the primary ways in which contact with the criminal legal system creates and maintains inequality is through the stigma of a criminal record. Although the negative effects of the stigma of a criminal record are well-documented, existing research is limited to the low-wage labor market. Through a job application audit design, this study examines the role of criminal record stigma in the labor market for recent college graduates across Black, Latino, and white men. We find that criminal record stigma has a large effect among white college-educated men but not among Black or Latino men and find no evidence that earning a college degree after the record mitigates criminal record stigma. In-depth interviews with college-educated men with a criminal record show that the criminal record stigma has effects beyond the initial application stage, as many reported provisional job offers being rescinded following a criminal background check, leading participants to limit the jobs to which they applied.

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与刑事法律体系的接触造成和维持不平等的主要方式之一是通过犯罪记录的耻辱。尽管犯罪记录耻辱的负面影响已有充分记录，但现有研究仅限于低工资劳动力市场。通过工作申请审核设计，本研究探讨了黑人、拉丁裔和白人应届大学毕业生的犯罪记录耻辱在劳动力市场中的作用。我们发现，犯罪记录耻辱对受过大学教育的白人男性有很大影响，但对黑人或拉丁裔男性影响不大，并且没有证据表明在犯罪记录后获得大学学位可以减轻犯罪记录耻辱。对有犯罪记录的受过大学教育的男性的深入采访表明，犯罪记录耻辱的影响超出了最初的申请阶段，因为许多报道的临时工作机会在犯罪背景调查后被撤销，导致参与者限制了他们想要的工作。应用。

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