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Criminal Background Checks

Read our latest articles on Criminal Background Checks from the team at KRESS.

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What are civil searches…and should I do them?
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What are civil searches…and should I do them?

Focus on Civil Searches, straight from the desk of Elisabeth Stover, the KRESS office manager and expert on finding the right record for the job.  What exactly are civil searches?

Where do criminal background checks come from?
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Where do criminal background checks come from?

The single source database and other myths of criminal background checks There is no single source for criminal background checks. There—it’s out.

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Investigating Santa's Helpers

Have you watched “The Christmas Story” yet this year?

Social Media Screening: Enter at Your Own Risk
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Social Media Screening: Enter at Your Own Risk

More data is always better, right? Not necessarily, especially when it is being used against you.

Voter registration: Shrouded in mystery and misunderstood
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Voter registration: Shrouded in mystery and misunderstood

Voter registration, much like the Electoral College, doesn’t seem to matter until it intersects with our lives. Then, it really matters.

Why is seven years of credit history available?
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Why is seven years of credit history available?

Everyone knows credit information stays on your report for seven years and for most employers you can only go back seven years when performing background checks – BUT WHY?

FCRA: What does it mean now?
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FCRA: What does it mean now?

Debtor’s financial records are available to debt collectors through Accurint, a service provided by LexisNexis; however, earlier this month…

The National Database Myth
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The National Database Myth

“August 2014 will have 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays and 5 Sundays. This only happens once every 823 years.  The Chinese call it silver pockets full.

Clarifying Different Types of Criminal Records: Possession of Marijuana
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Clarifying Different Types of Criminal Records: Possession of Marijuana

At this point, 22 states have legalized medicinal marijuana. Possession of marijuana is also the third most common criminal conviction.

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Finding the right screen

Protection vs. cost–that is the question. While all of us want to sleep soundly at night, we do not need a 17-point security system in our homes.

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Kevin A. vs. Kevin M.: Don’t let this happen to you

Last week, a lawsuit was publicized in which a doorman was not hired because of a faulty background screen.

Adding visual components to background checks
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Adding visual components to background checks

Soon, employment screening practices may be replaced by a more efficient system that quickly matches a person with their personal information, by adding a fingerprint.

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