Understanding the Misdemeanor Experience through Future Encounters:

Essential Resource

After a misdemeanor conviction, a person’s interactions with the criminal process will never be the same. Police are more likely to arrest individual who have prior low-level convictions rather than letting them walk away or merely issuing a ticket. Prosecutors are more likely to seek bail or to charge them with more seriousness (see Jacobs, eternal Criminal Record, 2-3 (on police and prosecutorial decision-making).

For more information concerning understanding the Misdemeanor Experience through future Encounters, Certificates of Relief, Pardon and Expungement call: 302-747-6728 or e-mail: [email protected].