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• Businesses exploiting public records laws to get clients

  December 23, 2013 - Public records laws allow citizens to get important records from the government. All they have to do is file a formal request. But now, some businesses are filing requests to help them identify clients, and taxpayers are footing the bill. If you get a traffic ticket in New Jersey, your full name, home address, the date, and type of violation are public. So anyone can obtain that information by filing a simple records request. After Ruben Rodriguez was charged with a passing violation, he got seven letters in the mail -- all from lawyers looking to represent him. Rodriguez, of Union City, N.J., said, "I thought it was harassment. It's an invasion of privacy. If you don't know people, how can they just send...

• Terrible Twos Who Stay Terrible

  December 18, 2013 - To understand the violent criminal, says Richard E. Tremblay, imagine a 2-year-old boy doing the things that make the terrible twos terrible &mdash...

• Killing for Money: Does Crime Pay?

  December 16, 2013 - Perhaps surprisingly, contract killers are not as highly paid as you would have thought. Publishing in the Taylor & Francis journal Review...

• How Private Is Your Online Search History?

  December 12, 2013 - The ACLU has filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the Department of Justice to find out whether federal law enforcement agencies and pro...

• Are There Companies In Our Industry With Fake Resumes?

  December 09, 2013 - Faking It 'Til You Make It Being perceived as professional by outsiders is a common challenge for small businesses. Many startups reach...

• Ottawa,OH Clerk of Courts website down, records unavailable

  December 02, 2013 - The Ottawa County Clerk of Courts website has been down for more than a week because of computer issues, and while the Ottawa County Common Pleas C...

• The Inverse CSI Effect In The Age Of Digital Crime

  November 27, 2013 - The "CSI Effect" has been described as being an increased expectation from jurors that forensic evidence will be presented in court that...

• What Your TV Habits May Say About Your Fear of Crime

  November 25, 2013 - What's your favorite prime-time crime show? Do you enjoy the fictional world of "CSI" or "Law & Order," or do you find...

• Derek Hinton, "In My Opinion"

  November 25, 2013 - Congratulations to NAPBS—Our Industry Has Come a Long Way When I remember the days of working for a CRA in the 1980s, I am astounded at h...

• Record director for Clerk of Court helps people find 'treasure' in warehouse

  November 22, 2013 - Being in charge of a warehouse that holds tens of thousands of court documents and an untold number of other files wasn’t something Carlton M...

• Boxed In: How a Criminal Record Keeps You Unemployed For Life

  November 19, 2013 - Luis Rivera had some peace of mind for about five months, from late fall of 2010 through early spring of the following year. That’s the close...

• Background Check Firm To Pay $18M To End FCRA Claims

  November 18, 2013 - Two Verisk Analytics Inc. units agreed to pay $18.6 million to settle three proposed class actions accusing them of violating the Fair Credit Repor...

• Staffing for Verification

  November 15, 2013 - Achieving a state of equilibrium between verification volume and your capacity to process that volume is elusive at best. You can be overstaffed or...

• Keeping Secrets - The USA Experience

  November 12, 2013 - When Bradley Manning disclosed an estimated 700,000 classified documents in 2010, he was only 22 years old and held the second lowest rank in the U...

• Workplace Drug Testing More Common Among African American Workers Study Finds

  November 08, 2013 - African American workers are 17 percent more likely than white workers to report working for employers that perform workplace drug testing, acco...

• Departing Employees Are Security Horror

  November 07, 2013 - Technology has made it easier for departing employees to steal company information. Rather than sneak out documents, they need only download c...

• Concerned Employees Can Help Prevent Workplace Violence

  November 05, 2013 -   One of the best ways to prevent workplace violence is to encourage employees to speak up if they have concerns about a coworker's mental...

• New Way To Background Checks - Get A Dog

  November 04, 2013 - Man's best friend doesn't even begin to cover it. A South Carolina couple has their dog to thank for saving their infant son from an ab...