In the identity theory of desistance, optimism is important to individual transformation. Yet, as the authors of this article assert, unfounded optimi...
This report from the Vera Institute of Justice examines whether expanding access to financial aid increases incarcerated adults' participation in post...
Diversion allows a defendant to earn dismissal of a charge by satisfying conditions set by the prosecutor or court, thereby avoiding conviction. Expun...
According to this report to Congress from the Reentry Coordination Council, each year, about 600,000 people in the United States enter prisons; and ...
This report from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) responds to the U.S. House of Representatives' Committees on Appropriations directive to cond...
This report presents national and state-by-state overviews of the nearly 30,000 state and federal consequences of conviction that directly block peopl...
According to this journal article published in the Harvard Law Review, laws permitting the expungement of criminal convictions are a key component of ...