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Researchers to study normally secret juvenile court records
March 18, 2016 - Arizona's state court system is allowing a Washington, D.C.-based research nonprofit to examine data from normally confidential court records to examine ethnic and racial disparities in juvenile court proceedings. An order signed last week by Supreme Court Chief Justice Scott Bales grants the American Institutes for Research's proposal to use the court records to conduct federally funded research to see why there are disproportionate numbers of minorities in the juvenile justice system. Bales' order said the research should help policymakers learn more about the disproportionality of minorities at various points in the juvenile justice system, identify contributing factors and develop appropriate...
Philadelphia Makes it Even Harder for Employers to Conduct Criminal Background Checks
March 16, 2016 - As originally enacted in 2012, Philadelphia’s ban-the-box law applied to employers with at least 10 employees within the city. The law allowe...
HANO unveils rules on allow in tenants with criminal records
March 15, 2016 - It's been nearly three years since the Housing Authority of New Orleans announced its intention to drop barriers keeping residents with crimina...
Public access to criminal records now easier in North Carolina
March 08, 2016 - Public access of criminal records at courthouses across North Carolina is now easier with a modernized search system running in all 100 counties....
HANO unveils rules on allow in tenants with criminal records
March 07, 2016 - It’s been nearly three years since the Housing Authority of New Orleans announced its intention to drop barriers keeping residents with crimi...
Bill to keep juvenile criminal records confidential gains ground
March 02, 2016 - A proposal to keep juvenile criminal records confidential gained early approval Wednesday by a panel of state lawmakers. Lawmakers a...
Gunman who killed 4 had lengthy criminal record
March 01, 2016 - A man who shot three family members, a neighbor and then himself in rural Washington state had an extensive criminal history, including felony char...
New study enumerates barriers to those with criminal records
February 29, 2016 - The Alliance for a Just Society, a nationwide network of social justice organizations, released a study Feb. 23 that enumerated many barriers...
NFL prospects must now go through criminal background check
February 25, 2016 - As the NFL continues to deal with the fallout from the 2014 Ray Rice incident, it is taking steps to limit athletes who have a criminal or domestic...
Pa. Gov. Wolf signs bill allowing minor criminal records to be sealed
February 23, 2016 - New Pennsylvania law gives people a way to ask judges to seal criminal records from public view if they're not more serious than nonviolent mis...
Job Seekers with Criminal Records Get Second Chance with New Law
February 23, 2016 - There has been a lot of buzz recently about “ban the box” initiatives prohibiting employers from asking job applicants about their crim...
Safe Hiring Expert Reviews Book on Criminal Records in America
February 18, 2016 - “The Eternal Criminal Record” (Harvard University Press 2015) by Professor James B. Jacobs “covers critical topics and is essenti...
Lawmakers Consider Closing Background Check 'Loophole'
February 17, 2016 - Oregon lawmakers are considering a measure that would close what some activists call a “loophole” in the state’s criminal backgro...
Uber settles “industry-leading background check” class-action for $28.5M
February 15, 2016 - Uber has agreed to pay $28.5 million to settle a federal class-action lawsuit originally filed in late December 2014 by six men who argued that the...
Libraries offer free criminal record expungement information Criminal records, sometimes decades ol
February 12, 2016 - Criminal records, sometimes decades old, can be a barrier to employment, buying a house or even volunteering at a school. Area public libraries are...
Study: 41% of Americans think federal universal background check law exists
February 11, 2016 - A pair of Yale University researchers have suggested that better-educating the general public about the true limits of existing gun control laws co...
New software improves public access to North Carolina criminal records
February 08, 2016 - Until last week, people who wanted to conduct a criminal record background check at the public computer terminals at the Cumberland County Courthou...
Hidalgo Co. Makes Court Records Available Online
February 04, 2016 - People who want to obtain court records in Hidalgo County can now get them for free. Previously, people who wanted copies of any cou...
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