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Criminal
records
Crime is a part and parcel of human society. The basic
intention of all civilized societies has been to protect
its people from crimes. They have always established
institutions that protect people from all sorts of crimes.
These institutions apart from protecting people from all
sort of crime keeps records of all crimes that occurred
under there jurisdiction and the profiles of all criminals
that were ever convicted by the court of law. Criminal
records contain all sorts of information starting from
crime scene investigation, identification, and arrest and
warrant information. The main reason behind keeping such
as a database is to help in future crime investigation by
studying the crime pattern and comparing that with other
crime patterns of previous cases in order to come out with
a possible set of suspects. Also criminal records of
individuals are used to bring up a prosecution case by the
lawyers. Normally Criminal histories are maintained by law
enforcement agencies on all levels of government. Separate
criminal records may be maintained by the local sheriffs
department, states specialty police agency, traffic
police, highway petrol and central government information
bureaus. The different law enforcement agencies follow
different paradigms depending there requirements while
keeping criminal records. However the federal government
maintains extensive criminal histories and acts as a
central repository for all agencies to report their own
data.
Criminal records of federal bureau of investigation: the
federal bureau of investigation popularly known as the FBI
contains the most comprehensive database of crime records.
They have a department called the national crime center
which maintains
Databases of criminal histories for individuals open
arrest warrants, stolen cars, boats, and other motor
vehicles, stolen firearms, as well as other various
databases. This huge information databank is also
available for the state and the local police departments
for there individual use. They can also use the national
center of information exchange to issue "bulletins" to
other agencies alerting them to possible suspects,
fugitive locations, recovery of stolen property, and other
information. The FBI's compilation of an individual's
criminal identification, arrest, conviction, and
incarceration information is known as the Interstate
Identification Index An FBI Identification Record, often
referred to as a Criminal History Record or Rap Sheet, is
a listing of certain information taken from fingerprint
submissions retained by the FBI in connection with arrests
and, in some instances, federal employment,
naturalization, or military service. If the fingerprints
are related to an arrest, the Identification Record
includes name of the agency that submitted the
fingerprints to the FBI, the date of arrest, the arrest
charge, and the disposition of the arrest, if known to the
FBI. All arrest data included in an Identification Record
is obtained from fingerprint submissions, disposition
reports and other reports submitted by agencies having
criminal justice responsibility. It is also used to screen
potential firearm buyers before giving them licenses for
firearms.
Criminal
records act of America This legislation is
designed to allow individuals with less serious
convictions who have been conviction free for at least
seven years and who meet all other relevant criteria to
put their past behind them. It will enable eligible
individuals to conceal convictions in most circumstances.
There are some exceptions when individuals’ convictions
will continue to be disclosed.
The Criminal Records (Clean Slate) Act 2004 is an
automatic scheme – therefore, it is not necessary to apply
for a ‘clean slate’. If you meet all the criteria for
concealing previous convictions you are eligible to have
your convictions concealed by the Ministry. |
