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 report presents national and state-by-state overviews of the nearly 30,000 state and federal consequences of conviction that directly block peopl...
This resource was developed ito help corrections and community supervision agencies hire and prepare staff to provide effective reentry support and fe...
According to this journal article published in the Harvard Law Review, laws permitting the expungement of criminal convictions are a key component of ...
As this article discusses, conviction records activate an increasingly broad range of de jure and de facto disabilities and restrictions that are, the...
This article, from the Loyola University Chicago Law Journal, addresses the problems faced by individuals who have been harmed by the continued availa...