The eternal criminal record /

Jacobs, James B.,

The eternal criminal record / James B. Jacobs. - xv, 396 pages ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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Criminal records--United States.
Criminal records--Access control--United States.
Criminal records--Expungement--United States.

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