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Opinion: A Criminal Oversight in College Background Checks

By Mark GrabowskiJul 13th 2010 – 6:15AM
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(July 13) -- Posting a scandalous photo on Facebook could get you rejected from the college of your choice. But there's a good chance a rape conviction won't. Only 4 percent of colleges conduct criminal background checks on students, and 36 percent of schools don't even require self-disclosure of crimes, according to a...

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EEOC issues new Policy Guidance on the Consideration of Criminal Records in Employment Decisions

By Glenn E. Martin May 03rd 2012 - 07:51AM

In the United States, the mass incarceration of minority communities, and the resulting mass reentry and lifetime collateral consequences have created the "perfect storm" to ensure that criminal record based employment discrimination serves as a surrogate for race-based discrimination.

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Chace Crawford's Criminal Record Cleared

Sep 28th 2011 - 12:57PM

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Background on criminal records

A criminal record is a record of a person's criminal history, generally used by potential employers, lenders etc.

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