...Carlos Guardado da Silva; Luis Corujo; Maria Miguel Duque Perdigão Purpose This study aims to examine the archives’ role in Portuguese public policies from 1976 to 2021, based on an analysis of decision-making and support mechanisms, as well as other legal and normative instruments (diplomas...

...; and current Canadian social and cultural understandings of offenders, criminal records, and the relationship between criminal record management and public policy. Findings This paper finds that Canadian records management procedures for criminal records can have grave impacts on offenders' lives...