In the identity theory of desistance, optimism is important to individual transformation. Yet, as the authors of this article assert, unfounded optimi...
This report highlights that, no matter its severity, a criminal record carries a heavy burden, leading to decreased employment opportunities, less tha...
This Collateral Consequences Resource Center report is the first-ever comprehensive national survey of the period of time a person, who is otherwise e...
This report from the National Consumer Law Center and the Collateral Consequences Resource Center explores the extent to which court debt—such as crim...
This 2021 report highlights key developments in reintegration reforms from the past year. It documents that 40 states, the District of Columbia, and t...
Addressing this massive barrier to justice and severely limiting the role of fines and fees is essential to establishing a meaningful path to criminal...
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) released this white paper examining the intersection between community supervision and the human service need...
A large proportion of people in the criminal justice system have substance addictions: a Bureau of Justice Statistics study found, for example, that n...
