For 60 million Americans a criminal record overshadows everything else about their identity. Citizens have a right to know when someone around them represents a threat. But convicted persons have rights too. James Jacobs examines the problem of erroneous records and proposes ways to eliminate discrimination for those who have been rehabilitated.
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For 60 million Americans a criminal record overshadows everything else about their identity. Citizens have a right to know when someone around them represents a threat. But convicted persons have rights too. James Jacobs examines the problem of erroneous records and proposes ways to eliminate discrimination for those who have been rehabilitated.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 396 p. Audience: General/trade. LCCN 2014015343 Type of material Book Personal name Jacobs, James B., author. Main title The eternal criminal record / James B. Jacobs. Published/Produced Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2015. Description xv, 396 pages; 25 cm ISBN 9780674368262 LC classification KF9751. J33 2015 Contents Intelligence and investigative databases--Linking bodies to criminal histories--Court records--Privatizing criminal records--Whether to create a criminal record--Sealing, purging, and amending conviction records--Erroneous records problems--Transparency of criminal convictions--Public access to arrestee information--Publicly accessible criminal records and punishment theory--Criminal justice consequences of a criminal record--Second-class citizens by law--Employment discrimination based on a criminal record. LC Subjects Criminal records--United States. Criminal records--Access control--United States. Criminal records--Expungement--United States. Notes Includes bibliographical references and index. Dewey class no. 345.73/0123 Geographic area code n-us---Content type text Media type unmediated Carrier type volume
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