More Justice and Less Harm: Reinventing Access to Criminal History Records

Oct 28

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Calling for a fundamental shift in the accessibility of criminal records, this piece offers a concrete proposal for how to legally reconceptualize criminal records, arguing that current remedial measures like ban the box and certificates of relief largely miss the point. Criminal records, says the author, should not be available to the general public and only in rare cases should certain employers be able to run background checks. Provides a helpful overview of the growth of criminal background screening.

Corda, A. (2016). More Justice and Less Harm: Reinventing Access to Criminal History Records. Howard Law Journal, 60, 1–60. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfmabstract_id=2822386&__cf_chl_f_tk=5tQVCCVG6fcrLZMpRbidaEE.xWg1mrlhmk2c0RpCN.k-1783275770-1.0.1.1_.9UMkzs.rWH6niP9iUwvyCmWLWu.eL8.dvoopinsMk

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