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Employees are an integral part of a
company’s business. And this is why before
hiring an individual for a job position,
companies deem it important to conduct a
thorough background check on that person,
which includes his personal history,
criminal records, past employment, and the
like.
Criminal records, especially, are important
pieces of information that any organization,
business or otherwise, would like to know
about. The information that they get from
criminal records helps them judge the
character of the person and find out if he
is suitable for the job, based on the people
he would be involving himself in with such a
position. For instance, if the person being
considered for a position as a child care
assistant has criminal records involving
child molestation, then the company will be
better off with the forehand knowledge.
So basically, criminal records are the
central register of police. Most of the
time, they only contain prison punishments,
or incidents of a crime where the result is
imprisonment for a certain period of time.
The data contained in criminal records is
used for criminal sanctions and also to
figure out the reliability of a person. This
is where companies needing copies of
criminal records come in.
Criminal records are established when a
person gets the following penalty:
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Suspended sentence or unconditional
sentence of imprisonment
– This often happens when, unless a
minimum punishment is prescribed by law,
the court has the power to suspend the
passing of sentence. Generally,
suspension of sentence stretches for a
period of three years, during which time
the offender is placed on probation.
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Community service
– This refers to a service performed by
a person for the benefit of his or her
local community. Often, community
service is performed in connection with
projects that members of certain youth
organizations, such as the Boy Scouts,
perform. However, community service may
also be used as an alternative
sentencing technique in the justice
system.
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Youth Punishment
– This happens when the one who
committed the crime is a minor. In this
case, the offender is sentenced to spend
some time in a juvenile correction
facility. Also, youth punishments may
involve rendering some service for the
benefit of his or her local community.
In either case, criminal records would
still have been established.
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Fine
– Instead of spending time in prison,
the offender is sentenced to pay a
certain amount as set by the court.
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Removal from office
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Mental Disorder
– In some cases, the offender is left
without punishment for the reason that
the court has found him or her not
criminally responsible due to a mental
disorder.
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