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Impact on Employment and Recidivism
February 23, 2019 - Impact on Employment and Recidivism Reducing the Number of Available Jobs Criminal convictions have after-effects that extend far beyond the direct punishment imposed in the courtroom. These effects, commonly known as collateral consequences, disproportionately affect people who are low income and black or Hispanic, who are also more likely to come into contact with the justice system. These collateral consequences touch many facets of life, including voting, housing, education, health, and—most relevant to this discussion—employment. Finding a job is a tall order for many, but people with criminal records face unique challenges. People who have been involved in the justice system st...
Uber and Lyft Can't Get Criminal Records Right
February 23, 2019 - There's a plethora of articles that show Uber and Lyft cannot get criminal records right. Unfortunately,it ia sign of the deficiencies of t...
How bloody was medieval life?
February 22, 2019 - In the 1300s in northern France, a nasty character named Jacquemon bribed a jailer to let his unwanted son-in-law die a painful death in prison....
How Rape Cases Went Wrong
February 22, 2019 - Law enforcement agencies surveyed by CNN reported destroying rape kits after they stopped investigating cases. Reporters determined that hundre...
Steven Brownstein Goes to Tokyo Court
January 07, 2019 - AROUND THE WORLD WITH STEVEN BROWNSTEIN This month Steven Brownstein traveled to Tokyo to find out if criminal records are available. ...
Criminal Records in India
January 03, 2019 - Criminal Records History Retrieval - India Briefly Karnataka is a state in India. Its capital city is Bangalor...
How NAPBS APAC Got Started
January 03, 2019 - Reprinted: India Conference A Huge Success The turn-out was high. The 2nd Annual India Worldwide Pre-Employment Scree...
Link: As DHS stands up national vetting center, privacy issues persist, assessment says
December 31, 2018 - https://www.biometricupdate.com/201812/as-dhs-stands-up-national-vetting-center-privacy-issues-persist-assessment-says...
Link: Law Firm Advertises They Sue Background Check Companies
December 28, 2018 - http://www.lemberglaw.com/employment-background-investigations-ebi/...
Link: Pentagon to Connect Experimental Background Check App To Other Systems By Year’s End
December 27, 2018 - http://www.nextgov.com/it-modernization/2018/12/pentagon-connect-experimental-background-check-app-other-systems-years-end/153678/...
E-Verify Services Unavailable During Partial U.S. Government ShutdownLink:
December 26, 2018 - http://www.esrcheck.com/wordpress/2018/12/24/e-verify-services-unavailable-partial-u-s-government-shutdown/...
One stop Downloads for Criminal and Civil Record Searches from Around the World
December 17, 2018 - One stop Downloads for Criminal and Civil Record Searches from Around the World "A diamond in the rough." "Must have for any seri...
Hiring managers share the No. 1 resume lie that could cost you the job
November 07, 2018 - by Ruth Umoh While hiring managers hate all resume lies, a recent survey finds some lies are worse than others. The j...
D.C. Court: Accessing Public Information is Not a Computer Crime
November 06, 2018 - ood news for anyone who uses the Internet as a source of information: A district court in Washington, D.C. has ruled that using automated tools to...
Background Checks. Public Records. Is AI Even Available?
October 31, 2018 - Background Checks. Public Records. How's your AI doing for you in Europe? Asia? Africa? South America? Oceania? and North Americ...
Careers Of People Working With Children Being Destroyed By ‘Misleading Police Checks
October 30, 2018 - “Misleading” criminal record checks are destroying the careers of people who want to work with children, teachers have warned. &nb...
I Like Free Money, Too - Just Breach My Data
October 29, 2018 - Anytime there is a data breach the company that was breached becomes responsible for the theft. That is, according to lawyers, salivating at th...
Comments on expanded access to N.D. court records warn of data mining, identity thieves
September 27, 2018 - Data mining, identity thieves, online stalking. These are all concerns in comments received by North Dakota Supreme Court Clerk Penn...
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