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LATEST RESOURCES FOR JUVENILES RECORDS CLEARANCE

Report

The Frontiers of Dignity: Clean Slate and Other Criminal Record Reforms in 2022

Collateral Consequences Resource Center
January 10, 2023
Journal Article

Off the Record: Preserving Statistical Information After Juvenile Expungement

The American University Law Review, No. 587
March 29, 2022
Brief

Expunging Juvenile Records: Misconceptions, Collateral Consequences, and Emerging Practices

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
December 15, 2020
SEE ALL CLEAN SLATE RESOURCES FOR JUVENILE RECORDS

LATEST RESOURCES FOR CRIMINAL RECORDS CLEARANCE

Report

The Frontiers of Dignity: Clean Slate and Other Criminal Record Reforms in 2022

Collateral Consequences Resource Center
January 10, 2023
Journal Article

Paying For a Clean Record

The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Vol. 112, Iss. 3
May 1, 2022
Report

Providing a Clean Slate: Removing Barriers to Employment

Texas Public Policy Foundation and Right on Crime
April 1, 2022
SEE ALL CLEAN SLATE RESOURCES FOR CRIMINAL RECORDS

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