Background checks

Recruitment, Assessment, and Retention in the Direct Care Workforce for Individuals with Criminal Records

NCJ Number

302092

Date Published

September 2021

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Issue Overview, Legislation/Policy Analysis

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Recruitment, Assessment, and Retention in the Direct Care Workforce for Individuals with Criminal Records

NCJ Number

302092

Date Published

September 2021

Agencies

NIJ

Full Report (PDF) | Executive Summary (PDF) | Executive Summary (HTML)

Criminal Records, Positive Credentials and Recidivism: Incorporating Evidence of Rehabilitation Into Criminal Background Check Employment Decisions

NCJ Number

301694

Journal

Crime & Delinquency

Date Published

2020

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NIJ-Sponsored

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Criminal Records, Positive Credentials and Recidivism: Incorporating Evidence of Rehabilitation Into Criminal Background Check Employment Decisions

NCJ Number

301694

Journal

Crime & Delinquency

Date Published

2020

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NIJ-Sponsored

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Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 2018

NCJ Number

301318

Date Published

October 2021

Agencies

BJS

Publication Type

Publication

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Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 2018

NCJ Number

301318

Date Published

October 2021

Agencies

BJS

Full Report (PDF 533K) | Data Tables (ZIP 21K)

What You Need to Know about Background Screening: A Reference Guide for Youth-Serving Organizations and their Communities

NCJ Number

300578

Date Published

March 2021

Agencies

OJJDP-Sponsored

Publication Type

Reference Material

PDF

What You Need to Know about Background Screening: A Reference Guide for Youth-Serving Organizations and their Communities

NCJ Number

300578

Date Published

March 2021

Agencies

OJJDP-Sponsored

PDF

Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 2016-2017

NCJ Number

254757

Date Published

February 2021

Agencies

BJS

Series

BJS Bulletins

Publication Type

Statistics

PDF

National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact: Resource Materials

NCJ Number

171671

Date Published

January 1998

Agencies

BJS

PDF | Text

Presale Handgun Checks, the Brady Interim Period, 1994-98

NCJ Number

175034

Date Published

June 1999

Agencies

BJS

PDF | Text

Survey of State Procedures Related to Firearm Sales, 1997

NCJ Number

173942

Date Published

December 1998

Agencies

BJS

PDF | Text

Employing Background Checks in Your Hiring Process: Legal Requirements vs Current Research (Webinar)

Event Dates

February 13, 2018

Location

Online

Hiring Great People: What Best Predicts the Performance of Law Enforcement Personnel (Webinar)

Event Dates

August 28, 2018

Location

Online

New Policing Era Dawns in Dunwoody

NCJ Number

242250

Date Published

February 2012

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Program/Project Description

PDF

Redeemed Compared to Whom?: Comparing the Distributional Properties of Arrest Risk Across Populations of Provisional Employees With and Without a Criminal Record

NCJ Number

252096

Journal

Criminology & Public Policy

Date Published

August 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

HTML

Volunteers and Paraprofessionals in Parole - Current Practices

NCJ Number

92857

Journal

Journal of Offender Counseling, Services and Rehabilitation

Date Published

1983

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publisher abstract

Legal Ambiguity in Managerial Assessments of Criminal Records

NCJ Number

248836

Journal

Law & Social Inquiry

Date Published

2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored)

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Redemption in the Presence of Widespread Criminal Background Checks

NCJ Number

227308

Journal

Criminology

Date Published

May 2009

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

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Trends in Firearm Background Check Applications and Denials

NCJ Number

252347

Journal

Journal of Public Affairs

Date Published

2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

HTML

Forensic Markers in Elder Female Sexual Abuse Cases

NCJ Number

245450

Journal

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Date Published

2005

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored)

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"Redemption" in an Era of Widespread Criminal Background Checks

NCJ Number

226872

Journal

NIJ Journal

Date Published

June 2009

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

PDF | HTML

A New Look at the Employment and Recidivism Relationship Through the Lens of a Criminal Background Check

NCJ Number

252095

Journal

Criminology

Date Published

January 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored)

HTML

Defensible Decisions: Balancing Employer and Prospective Employee Rights in an Era of Criminal Background Checks

NCJ Number

253910

Journal

Equality Diversity and Inclusion

Date Published

2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

HTML

Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 2016-2017

NCJ Number

254757

Date Published

February 2021

Agencies

BJS

PDF

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