BRANDED - ARREST RECORDS OF THE UNCONVICTED

• NCJ Number: 13082
• Journal: Mississippi Law Journal Volume: 44 Issue: 5 Dated: (NOVEMBER 1973) Pages: 928-946
• Author(s): W L SHAPPLEY
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 19 pages
• Corporate Author: University of Mississippi
• Publication Format: Article

Annotation

GOVERNMENT'S INCREASED CAPACITY FOR STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION OF ARREST RECORDS DEMANDS GREATER CONTROL WHEN THE INDIVIDUAL IS ACQUITTED OR THE CASE IS DROPPED.

Abstract

IN ONLY A FEW JURISDICTIONS ARE CONTROLS PLACED ON DISSEMINATION OF ARREST RECORDS WHEN A CONVICTION IS NOT SECURED. THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY HAS NOT BEEN CONSTITUTIONALLY BROADENED TO INCLUDE A RIGHT TO NONDISSEMINATION OF ARREST RECORDS. THE AUTHOR CONCLUDES THAT IN MISSISSIPPI, THIS RIGHT SHOULD BE PROTECTED BY A SPECIFIC CODE PROVISION, TO ENSURE CONFIDENTIALITY AND TO RESTRICT DISSEMINATION OF ARREST RECORDS OF ONE WHO HAS BEEN ARRESTED BUT NOT CONVICTED OF A CRIME.