National Criminal Record Databases

Two of the nation’s leading experts on FCRA - Carl Ernst and Les Rosen –
have written an excellent article titled “National” Criminal History
Database; Issues and Opportunities in Pre-Employment Screening.

While there is no “national database” of criminal records, three firms are
assembling criminal records nationally into a proprietary database. These
companies are:
www.rapsheets.com

www.LexisNexis.com (Formerly ChoicePoint)

www.nationalbackgrounddata.com

The article explores the use of these databases for pre-employment screening
purposes, and their compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

The article may be viewed or downloaded at www.brbpub.com (Look for the
title of the article in the middle of the main page, under the word
Features.)