In the identity theory of desistance, optimism is important to individual transformation. Yet, as the authors of this article assert, unfounded optimi...
Diversion allows a defendant to earn dismissal of a charge by satisfying conditions set by the prosecutor or court, thereby avoiding conviction. Expun...
This journal article examines how to protect the benefits for youth of destroying records, while still ensuring that researchers, advocates, and decis...
This report from the National Institute of Justice aims to bridge the gap between researchers and practitioners; provide a better understanding of how...
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 is Article, from the Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology, is the second Article stemming from a study of the post-release behavior of wrong...
This article, from Race and Justice: An International Journal, discusses how living with a felony conviction exposes people to a host of negative life...
This brief explores children’s behaviors when a father is incarcerated and when the father is released, examining whether the negative child outcomes ...