ActionTaken by NationSearch.com:

Both of these companies chose, wisely, to run a full Comprehensive Background Screening, consisting of a State Department of Corrections Search, State Specific Sex Offender Search, County Criminal Search, and a Federal Criminal State Specific District Court Search.

Searches on both of these potential employees uncovered sexual offender histories.  Each individual has been incarcerated for lewd and lascivious acts on a minor child.  Both have been released on probation, and are required to register as sex offenders for the rest of their lives.

Conclusion:

NationSearch.com provided the clients with this information, in order for them to make an informed hiring decision.

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The Legislature also found that although many of the existing criminal statutes were applicable to acts of domestic violence, societal attitudes concerning domestic violence have affected the response of the law enforcement and judicial systems resulting that these acts received different treatment from similar crimes when they occur in a domestic violence context.  The Legislature additionally identified the training needs of police and judicial personnel in the procedure and enforcement of this act.

(Above Excerpt from The Prevention of Domestic Violence Act of 1991,N.J.S.A. 2C:25-17 et seq.)

Did You Know?

One in every four women….

• Will experience domestic violence in her lifetime.
• An estimated 1.3 million women are victims of physical assault by an intimate partner each year.
• 85% of domestic violence victims are women.
• Historically, females have been most often victimized by someone they knew.
• Females who are 20-24 years of age are at the greatest risk of nonfatal intimate partner violence.
• Most cases of domestic violence are never reported to the police

CHILDREN WHO WITNESS

• Witnessing violence between one’s parents or caretakers is the strongest risk factor of transmitting violent behavior from one generation to the next.
• Boys who witness domestic violence are twice as likely to abuse their own partners and children when they become adults.
• 30% to 60% of perpetrators of intimate partner violence also abuse children in the household.

SEXUAL ASSAULT AND STALKING 

• One in 6 women and 1 in 33 men have experienced an attempted or completed rape.
• Nearly 7.8 million women have been raped by an intimate partner at some point in their lives.
• Sexual assault or forced sex occurs in approximately 40-45% of battering relationships.
• 1 in 12 women and 1 in 45 men have been stalked in their lifetime.
• 81% of women stalked by a current or former intimate partner are also physically assaulted by that partner; 31% are also sexually assaulted by that partner.

HOMICIDE AND INJURY 

• Almost one-third of female homicide victims that are reported in police records are killed by an intimate partner.
• In 70-80% of intimate partner homicides, no matter which partner was killed, the man physically abused the woman before the murder.
• Less than one-fifth of victims reporting an injury from intimate partner violence sought medical treatment following the injury.
• Intimate partner violence results in more than 18.5 million mental health care visits each year.

ECONOMIC IMPACT

• The cost of intimate partner violence exceeds $5.8 billion each year, $4.1 billion of which is for direct medical and mental health services.
• Victims of intimate partner violence lost almost 8 million days of paid work because of the violence perpetrated against them by current or former husbands, boyfriends and dates. This loss is the equivalent of more than 32,000 full-time jobs and almost 5.6 million days of household productivity as a result of violence.
• There are 16,800 homicides and $2.2 million (medically treated) injuries due to intimate partner violence annually, which costs $37 billion.

(Above Excerpt taken from the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence – Domestic Violence Fact Sheet)

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Background Screening Services

An employment agency requested a background screening on an individual applying for a general labor position.

Action Taken by NationSearch.com:

The Agency directed us to search a particular county in Oklahoma.  In doing so, we discovered a manslaughter charge, stemming from a vehicle accident, where alcohol was involved.  Subsequently, a search of the Department of Corrections was conducted.  This revealed a 23 year sentence that was suspended down to the 270 days already spent in jail, due to classes the individual participated in under court orders.

This individual was convicted of another dui several years later, and sentenced to 2 years in prison, which was served.

Conclusion:

This was a case of a teenager making a huge mistake at a very young age.  Driving a vehicle while intoxicated, causing an accident, and consequently taking another’s life.

NationSearch.com provided the information the hiring agency was looking for, in order to make an informed decision.

Vehicular manslaughter is defined as the causing of another person’s death due to illegal driving of a vehicle.

The Conclusion:

In the midst of the background search, NationSearch.com uncovered a very violent and sad history.  This applicant had been convicted of felony aggravated incest in 1997, and was sentenced to 8 years in prison, then escaped and was charged with felony escape, and had 2 years added to the prison sentence.  This applicant is a registered sex offender.

NationSearch.com provided the client with the information necessary to make an informed decision.

The Issue:

A truck dealership was in process of hiring for an open position in sales, and contacted NationSearch.com for a background screening on the applicant.

The Action Taken by NationSearch.com:

NationSearch.com was contacted to do a Comprehensive Criminal Search, and a Social Security Number/Address Trace.  The Comprehensive Criminal Search consists of:

Comprehensive Criminal Search
The comprehensive criminal search is the most exhaustive search available.  This search includes the following:

• State Department of Correction – checks to ascertain if a person was or is being monitored by the State.
• County Criminal – checks for misdemeanor or felony charges or convictions.
• Sex Offender Registry – checks appropriate state registry, per state guidelines.
• Federal – checks for convictions in the Federal Court system.

The Conclusion: 

NationSearch.com’s screening revealed that the applicant is on the Sex Offender Registry.  This applicant has been a registered sex offender since 2001.  This applicant’s crimes are against children.

This information gave the potential employer the information they were looking for in order to make an informed hiring decision.

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Problem/Condition: An estimated 50,000 persons die annually in the United States as a result of violence-related injuries.  Homicide is the second leading cause of death for persons aged 15–24 years, the third leading cause for persons aged 25–34 years, and the fourth for persons aged 1–14 years. Similarly, suicide is the second leading cause of death for persons aged 25–34 years and the third leading cause for persons aged 10–24 years. This report summarizes data from CDC’s National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) regarding violent deaths from 16 U.S. states for 2005. Results are reported by sex, age group, race/ethnicity, marital status, location of injury, method of injury, circumstances of injury, and other selected characteristics.

Reporting Period Covered: 2005.

Results: For 2005, a total of 15,495 fatal incidents involving 15,962 violent deaths occurred in the 16 NVDRS states included in this report. The majority (56.1%) of deaths were suicides, followed by homicides and deaths involving legal interventions (29.6%), violent deaths of undetermined intent (13.3%), and unintentional firearm deaths (0.7%). Fatal injury rates varied by sex, race/ethnicity, age group, and method of injury. Rates were substantially higher for males than for females and for American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) and blacks than for whites and Hispanics. Rates were highest for persons aged 20–24 years. For method of injury, the three highest rates were reported for firearms, poisonings, and hanging/strangulation/suffocation.

Suicides occurred at higher rates among males, AI/ANs, whites, and older persons and most often involved the use of firearms in the home. Suicides were precipitated primarily by mental illness, intimate partner or physical health problems, or a crisis during the previous 2 weeks. Homicides occurred at higher rates among males and young adult blacks and most often involved the use of firearms in the home or on a street/highway. Homicides were precipitated primarily by an argument over something other than money or property or in conjunction with another crime. Similar variation was reported among the other manners of death and special situations or populations highlighted in this report.

Manner of Death

• Suicide. Suicide is defined as a death resulting from the use of force against oneself when a preponderance of the evidence indicates that the use of force was intentional.
• Homicide. Homicide is defined as a death resulting from the use of force or power, threatened or actual, against another person, group, or community when a preponderance of evidence indicates that the use of force was intentional.
• Unintentional firearm. The term “unintentional firearm” is used when a death results from a penetrating injury or gunshot wound from a weapon that uses a powder charge to fire a projectile and for which a preponderance of evidence indicates that the shooting was not directed intentionally at the decedent.
• Undetermined intent. The term “undetermined intent” is used when a death results from the use of force or power against oneself or another person for which the evidence indicating one manner of death is no more compelling than evidence indicating another.
• Legal intervention. The term “legal intervention” is used when a decedent is killed by a police officer or other peace officer (a person with specified legal authority to use deadly force), including military police, acting in the line of duty.

To read the complete article, go to: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5703a1.htm

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When you are choosing a Background Screening Company for your preemployment screenings, you should be looking for accurate and comprehensive, quick, and competitive pricing….in that order.

Home Invasion Facts:

Whether it is workplace violence, home invasions, car jacking, armed robbery, rape, identity theft or any of a number of other crimes, YOU need to take the controls, and arm yourself with the best available preventative measures.

One of those preventative measures is making yourself aware of who you are dealing with, through criminal background searches.  Perform an individual background check on the contractor and crew that you have hired to renovate your house, the plumber, your nanny, your new neighbor.  You get the idea.  If it doesn’t feel right, it probably isn’t.  Know who and what you are dealing with.  Arm your self with information.  Don’t allow yourself to become blind-sided.

http://www.NationSearch.com can help you with all of your background screening needs, be it personal, individual, or pre employment.

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Crime rates are on the rise, and people want to feel safe….safe at home and safe at work.  Additionally, we all want to feel that we’ve done everything in our power to protect our family, children, friends, animals, home and business.  Common examples of background screenings might be:  potential new business partner, nanny, teacher, coach, neighbor, new vendor, day-care provider…..the list goes on.  If it doesn’t feel right, it probably isn’t right.  Arming yourself with information is priceless.

A large number of background checks are performed at the request of employers, in an attempt to do their part as responsible business people, to keep the workplace safe.  They have a duty to know who is sitting at a desk in their midst, and what potential danger they are placing their other employees, and the company in.

There are many on-line searches that you can perform yourself…some of them are even free of charge.  I must caution you to be careful. In many of these instances where you perform the search yourself, you are wasting your money.  Unless you are an “informed” individual, in the realm of the background screening industry, you very well may be lulled into a false sense of security, regarding the individual you are screening.

There are huge databases involved in conducting a background search.  When you make the decision to conduct the background search yourself, you are relying on these databases to be accurate, obviously.   A little secret….the reporting requirements differ in each state and county.  In most states, there are no requirements or guidelines as to when, or if the courts are required to report to a central state database….nevermind to a national database.  Therefore, these “instant database” searches are hit and miss.  You have no idea what information is missing.

Your best bet is to go to a reputable Background Screening Company, and request that they do the search for you.  Most background screenings are very reasonably priced.  A Background Screening Company will conduct the screening at the county, state, and national level, using the persons SSN and/or birth date.  In other words, they will do a “hands on” search by going direct to the individual courts rather than relying on an unreliable database.  The additional payout will be well worth the peace of mind.

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A car dealership was interviewing for a position, and wanted to run background screenings on the applicants, as a precautionary, and preventative measure

The Action Taken by NationSearch.com

NationSearch.com was contacted to do the background search, and conducted the following searches:

The Conclusion:

This was a very comprehensive search which revealed that this individual has had documented run-ins with the law since at least 2005.  These charges included knowingly damaging property, telephone harassment, intent to commit theft of over $300, restraint of dogs, domestic battery with physical contact, battery causing bodily harm, assault, criminal trespass, and disorderly conduct.

This gave the potential employer the information they needed in order to make an informed decision.

NationSearch.com is your industry leader in the Background Screening Arena.  Let us help you become informed so that your hiring decisions are made with foreknowledge, rather than cleaning up the mess later.

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