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Collateral Consequences Resource Center (CCRC)
(March 2017)The California Compilation of Collateral Consequences is a searchable online database of the restrictions and disqualifications imposed by California statutes and regulations because of an individual’s criminal record. Examples of collateral consequences are legal bars to employment, licensing, housing, and education; limitations on voting and other civil rights; registration and residency restrictions; ... -
Office of the Vermont Attorney General and the Collateral Consequences Resource Center (CCRC)
(March 2017)The Vermont Compilation of Collateral Consequences is a searchable online database of the restrictions and disqualifications imposed by Vermont statutes and regulations because of an individual’s criminal record. Examples of collateral consequences are legal bars to employment, licensing, housing, and education; limitations on voting and other civil rights; registration and ... -
Wisconsin State Public Defender and the Collateral Consequences Resource Center (CCRC)
(March 2017)The Wisconsin Compilation of Collateral Consequences (WCCC) is a searchable online database of the restrictions and disqualifications imposed by Wisconsin statutes and regulations because of an individual’s criminal record. Included in the WCCC are laws authorizing or requiring criminal background checks as a condition of accessing specific federal benefits or opportunities. ... -
Mike Vuolo, Sarah Lageson, Christopher Uggen, 16 Criminology & Public Policy 139
(February 2017)This study examines three central questions about criminal record inquiries on job applications, which, according to its authors, is a rapidly developing area in criminology and public policy. The authors find the following: Among the 78% of employers who ask about records, specific application questions vary greatly regarding the severity and timing ... -
Jeffrey Selbin, Justin McCrary, & Joshua Epstein, 108 Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology 1
(February 2017)As per this article, an estimated one in three American adults has a criminal record. While some records are for serious offenses, most are for arrests or relatively low-level misdemeanors. According to the authors, in an era of heightened security concerns, easily available data and increased criminal background checks, these ... -
National H.I.R.E. Network
(December 2016)This report assesses some of the most common and pernicious obstacles to housing that confront Americans with criminal records and their families. It also examines innovative federal, state, and municipal initiatives that are helping people to overcome those obstacles. -
Peter Leasure & Tia Stevens Andersen, 35 Yale Law and Policy Review Inter Alia 11
(November 2016)According to the article's authors, obtaining employment is difficult for ex-offenders due to the stigma of having a criminal record. In recognition of this difficulty, some state legislatures have created certificates of relief (also known as certificates of recovery), which lift occupational licensing restrictions, limit employer liability for negligent hiring ... -
The Sentencing Project
(October 2016)According to the authors, in this election year, the question of voting restrictions is once again receiving great public attention. This report is intended to update and expand our previous work on the scope and distribution of felony disenfranchisement in the United States (see Uggen, Shannon, and Manza 2012; Uggen ...