THE COLLATERAL CONSEQUENCES OF A FELONY CONVICTION - A NATIONAL STUDYOF STATE LEGAL CODES 10 YEARS LATER

One of the things offenders returning to society face is denial of leg al and civil rights. Authors Kathleen M. Olivares, Velmer S. Burton, J r., and Francis T Cullen-replicating a 1986 study-examined 1996 legal codes to assess the legal restrictions placed on the civil rights of p ersons convicted of a felony for all 50 states and the District of Col umbia. They present their findings, assessing whether states are becom ing more or less restrictive of convicted felons' rights, identifying rights most and least restricted, and noting any regional differences in the restricting of civil rights.