People with criminal records are often forced to find work through unofficial means, or by 'working around the law' because of the barriers they face to standard employment. Using qualitative interviews with formerly incarcerated people, this study finds that job seekers with criminal records often resort to one of four methods in order to find work, ranging from omitting their criminal record on job applications to undertaking illegal work. Augustine, D. (2019). Working aro

Collateral consequences have effectively resurrected the colonial era of 'civil death' (a state in which a person's legal status is diminished) and must be understood as punishment, in the same way that civil death was. The author argues that every person being charged with a crime should be informed of their impending civil death if convicted, and provides an a sample template for how to do so. Chin, G. J. (2012). The New Civil Death: Rethinking Punishment in the Era of Mass

Requiring people who have been convicted of sex offenses to register on a list that is publicly accessible appears to do more harm than...

People who are required to register on a sex offender list are more likely to be homeless, in large part because shelters are less likely...

Courts should be required to inform people charged with a crime of any consequences, legal or otherwise, that a reasonable person would...

Prisons perpetuate the criminalization of specific groups of people by sorting and labeling them as gang members. Analyzing how Latinx...

As the most commonly imposed criminal sentence in the U.S., probation functions to expand the sprawling reach of the carceral state. This...