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 around the Law:...

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 Conviction....

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