-level crime rates that exploit heterogeneity in the effects of the proposition on local criminal justice practices. We find little … levels that existed in 2010 prior to a wave major reforms to the state's criminal justice system. While our analysis of …

Many regard the 2010-2012 Massachusetts Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) Reform as a national model to …'s criminal history on the initial job application (the "ban the box" reform), and reduces employers' access to an applicant …'s criminal record (the record-access reform). Using the CORI Reform as a natural experiment and a unique large confidential …

This paper examines how changes in employers' access to job applicants' criminal histories affect ex …-offender recidivism. We use extensive state administrative data on individual criminal histories spanning the 2010-2012 Massachusetts … Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) Reform, widely regarded as landmark legislation governing access to individuals …