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 report from the National Consumer Law Center and the Collateral Consequences Resource Center explores the extent to which court debt—such as crim...
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) released this white paper examining the intersection between community supervision and the human service need...
In 2014, Juvenile Law Center published the first-ever comprehensive evaluation of each state’s juvenile record confidentiality and expungement laws ag...
The Justice-Involved Veterans Compendium Project from the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is a series of publications intended to assist corre...
This report, from Code for America, is part of their effort to help make the case for policy reforms that are driven by the aggregate experiences of r...
The long-term, sometimes lifelong, impact of a criminal record often keeps many qualified people from obtaining employment and accessing housing, hi...
