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Urban Institute Releases Report Detailing the Effects of Criminal Background Checks on Employment
Loaded on Nov. 16, 2017
by Derek Gilna
published in Criminal Legal News
December, 2017, page 31
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Employee Searches.
Location:
United States of America.
by Derek Gilna
The Justice Policy Center, part of the nonprofit Urban Institute, released a March 2017 report examining the impact criminal background checks have on employment and recidivism. According to a recent study, “72 percent of companies perform background checks, and 82 percent of those companies screen potential employees ...
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