Collateral consequences of criminal conviction

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Collateral consequences refers generally to the effect of any measure that might increase the negative consequences of a criminal conviction. They fall roughly into three categories: (1) impaired access to, or enjoyment of, the ordinary rights and benefits associated with citizenship or residency, such as voting or driving; (2) impaired economic opportunity, primarily through reduction of the range of available employment; and (3) increased severity of sanctions in any subsequent criminal proceeding brought against the offender.

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ABA Standards for Criminal Justice, Third Edition: Collateral Sanctions and Discretionary Disqualification of Convicted Persons by American Bar Association. Washington, DC: American Bar Association, 2004.

Certificates of Rehabilitation and Other Forms of Relief From the Collateral Consequences of Conviction: A Survey of State Laws by Margaret Colgate Love and April Frazier.American Bar Association Commission on Effective Criminal Sanctions, 1 Oct 2006.

Federal Statutes Imposing Collateral Consequences Upon Conviction by U.S. Department of Justice.U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Pardon Attorney, 2000.

"An Integrated Perspective on the Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions and Reentry Issues Faced by Formerly Incarcerated Individuals" by Michael Pinard. Boston University Law Review 86: 623-690 (Jun 2006).

Invisible Punishment: The Collateral Consequences of Mass Imprisonment by Marc Mauer and Meda Chesney-Lind, editors. New York: New Press, 2002.

Life Sentences: Denying Welfare Benefits to Women Convicted of Drug Offenses by Patricia Allard. Washington, DC: The Sentencing Project, Feb 2002.

"No Easy Answers: Sex Offender Laws in the U.S." by Human Rights Watch. Human Rights Watch 19(4(G)) (Sep 2007).

"Offender Reentry and the Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions: An Introduction" by Michael Pinard and Anthony C. Thompson. New York University Review of Law and Social Change 30(4): 585-620 (2006).

Relief From the Collateral Consequences of a Criminal Conviction: A State by State Resource Guide by Margaret Colgate Love. Buffalo, NY: William S. Hein, 2006.

Reports With Recommendations to the ABA House of Delegates by American Bar Association Justice Kennedy Commission. Washington, DC: American Bar Association, Aug 2004.

"Speech at the American Bar Association Annual Meeting: An Address by Anthony M. Kennedy Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States" by Anthony M. Kennedy. (Aug 2003).