At the conclusion of Second Chance Month 2023, the Biden-Harris administration released an evidence-informed, multi-year Alternatives, Rehabilitation,...
Diversion allows a defendant to earn dismissal of a charge by satisfying conditions set by the prosecutor or court, thereby avoiding conviction. Expun...
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...
This bulletin discusses common misconceptions surrounding expungement. It also provides information about the collateral consequences of juvenile reco...
According to this journal article published in the Harvard Law Review, laws permitting the expungement of criminal convictions are a key component of ...
In this paper, from the Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, the authors investigate the mechanisms whereby the local and distal in...
This white paper reviews the literature exploring the relationship between family contact and short- and long-term outcomes for youth in the juvenile ...