Background Check Basics

What is a Criminal Background Check?

Written by tammy | Apr 26, 2024 8:42:11 PM

What is a Criminal Background Check?

Background checks are an essential part of making the most informed hiring decision about your applicant and assess any risks associated with bringing someone with a criminal record on board.

Employers who conduct background checks greatly reduce the risk of employee theft, fraud and embezzlement. Background checks may reveal past criminal behavior and save your company thousands of dollars by helping you prevent a bad hire. Additionally, it is important that you protect your employees and clients from sex and violent offenders. Conducting background checks sends a message to your employees, vendors and clients that you are serious about safety.

It's important to educate yourself about what’s included in a criminal background check. NCS offers a variety of comprehensive background check packages, and our amazing customer service team is available to help you get started and to answer any questions you may have throughout the process. Call or chat with NCS and you’ll speak with one of our live customer service representatives.

What are the Components of a Criminal Background Check?

Criminal background checks search a variety of court records to report a candidate's criminal history. Click the links below to learn more about the components of a criminal background check:

Criminal Database Search

A criminal database search can reveal convictions in other jurisdictions so that the scope of the criminal background check can be expanded to check sources in the identified additional areas. The database contains information from thousands of sources in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, Guam and Washington, D.C. Click here to read more.

County Criminal Search

This is a thorough search of criminal records available at the county level, where most criminal offenses occur. County criminal records searches tend to have more detailed records that are housed in more than 3,000 U.S. counties and contain the most accurate and up-to-date information. Click here to read more.

Sex Offender Searches

National Crime Search includes a thorough search for sex offender status with each of our screening packages. Click here to read more.

Social Security Validation

The The SSN Validation returns information related to a Social Security number to identify aliases and address history. Click here to read more.

Informed, Responsible and Expedited Hiring with NCS

Conducting a compliant background screening process that yields the information you need to make timely, informed, and responsible hiring decisions can be a demanding task without the right tools and professional support.

Ensure your hiring process aligns with legal compliance and ethical practices. Trust in National Crime Search's comprehensive pre-employment screening services, including criminal background checks, employment verification, education verification, and much more. Contact us today to discover how we can support your organization in creating a fair and responsible recruitment process.