Aug 30, 2021True Cost of Background ChecksAll of Us or None v. Hamrick In May 2021, the appellate court in California ruled in All of Us or None v. Hamrick that trial courts in...
Mar 15, 2021Criminal Record Questions in the Era of “Ban the Box”: Criminal Record QuestionsThere is very little consistency in how questions about criminal records are asked on job applications, or what information is requested....
Mar 15, 2021The Rise of Criminal Background Screening in Rental HousingThe carceral state works with the private sector to carry out the work of social control, extending risk-based logics far beyond prison...
Mar 15, 2021Survey of State Criminal History Information Systems, 2014The Bureau of Justice Statistics provides detailed information on how criminal record checks are conducted in the United States and its...
Mar 15, 2021Report of the National Task Force on the Commercial Sale of Criminal Justice InformationThis fascinating (though outdated) report from the National Task Force on the Commercial Sale of Criminal Justice Information examines...
Mar 15, 2021The next Pandora’s Box of criminal background checksTo what extent do mandatory checks required by government lead to an overall increase in background checks performed by employers? This...
Mar 15, 2021Do Not (re)enter: The Rise of Criminal Background Tenant Screening as a Violation of the Fair...More robust and clear guidelines and policies are needed to eliminate discrimination against people with criminal records in housing....
