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American criminal record exceptionalism (I): A Spanish comparison
A comparative perspective is extremely useful for appreciating the status of individual criminal record information in the U.S. In this and future blog posts, we would like to share information about...
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European employment discrimination based on criminal record I – mandatory bars
There is no body of research on European criminal record-based employment discrimination (CBED) comparable to the employer surveys and field studies done in the United States. While European concern...
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European employment discrimination based on criminal record II –...
To the American eye, Europe seems unconcerned about criminal record-based employment discrimination (CBED). (The U.K. is an exception.) Is this because European employers do not discriminate against...
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Expungement of criminal records in Europe (Spain)
This is the fourth post in a series about European law and policy on criminal records by Professors Jacobs and Larrauri. Prior posts noted that public access is never allowed where a record has been...
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Disclosure of nonconviction records may violate European Convention on Human...
This is the most recent in a series of posts by Professors James Jacobs and Elena Larrauri comparing criminal records disclosure policies in the United States and Europe. The decision of the European...
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Retention of DNA Profiles and Fingerprints — Europe and the U.S.
Comparing the European Court of Human Rights’ (ECtHR) 2008 decision in S. and Marper v. the United Kingdom with the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2013 decision in Maryland v. King provides a window on the very...
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