criminal histories
Past offense documentation
Criminal histories are records of a person's past arrests, charges, and convictions.
Background checks typically include criminal histories, affecting employment, housing, and licensing decisions.
The phrase often appears in legal and policy contexts: Employers cannot ask about criminal histories on initial applications, The database contains criminal histories going back decades.
A single person's record is a criminal history.
- background checksInvestigation of someone's past
- feloniesSerious punishable offenses
- convictionsStrongly held beliefs
- arrestsLawful detentions by police
- rap sheetArrest and conviction history
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