Recidivism of released prisoners, especially violent recidivism, is an important policy issue.
Equally important is an understanding of how demographic risk factors may act as …

This article reviews key issues in desistance research, especially those arising from
developmental and life-course theories and the criminal career paradigm. It discusses policy …

After decades of stability from the 1920s to the early 1970s, the rate of incarceration in the
United States more than quadrupled in the past four decades. The Committee on the …

Providing equal justice for poor and rich, weak and powerful alike is an age-old problem.
People have never ceased to hope and strive to move closer to that goal.... In this tradition …

For accommodating rapidly increasing power demands, power systems are transitioning
from analog systems to systems with increasing digital control and communications …

Ample experimental evidence shows that the stigma of a prison record reduces employment
opportunities (Pager, 2007). Yet background checks today uncover a much broader range of …

Acriminal history is an undeniably excellent predictor of future criminal behavior (Gendreau,
Little, and Goggin, 1996). Yet despite stability in offending over time, most offenders, even …

Whereas there is a common assumption that most individuals with a criminal record can be
eventually reintegrated into the community, the public has different expectations for sexual …

HARVARD LAW REVIEW Page 1 VOLUME 133 JUNE 2020 NUMBER 8 HARVARD LAW
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Criminal background checks have now become ubiquitous because of advances in
information technology and growing concerns about employer liability. Also, a large number …