criminal history
Prior conviction list
Criminal history is a record of a person's past criminal offenses, arrests, and convictions.
It typically includes charges, court dispositions, and sentences.
Background checks pull criminal history for employment, housing, or licensing decisions: The job application asked about criminal history.
Also called a criminal record or rap sheet.
- arrest recordsLogs of detentions
- recidivismHabitual return to crime
- arsonCriminal deliberate burning
- expungementOfficial record removal
- background checksInvestigation of someone's past
prior convictions · stigma · assault · burglary · drug possession · conviction · reintegration · rap sheet · felony · theft · cybercrime · fresh start · second chances · court transcripts · housing assistance · mugshots · police blotters · rehabilitation
- crime databasesAFIS, DNA database, FBI database, rap sheet, arrest records
- evidenceevidence, evidence bag, circumstantial evidence, proof, admissible
- criminal recordrap sheet, convictions, felony, misdemeanor, priors
- criminal recordsarrest records, rap sheet, rap sheets, convictions, felonies
- police recordspolice records, arrest report, police reports, incident report, arrest records
- repeat offendersrepeat offender, habitual offender, recidivist, recidivism, chronic offender
legal record status
criminal historyclean record
Absence of prior offenses
clean slate · spotless record · sealed record · blank slate · first-time offender