Sentences with phrase «database of criminal convictions»

Via ResearchBuzz comes word that Connecticut now has an online database of criminal convictions, even including motor vehicle infractions.

Since there is not a comprehensive database of criminal convictions and many crimes go unreported by the victims, eHarmony does not want to give its members a false sense of security.

Not exact matches

A genetic database that holds DNA from thousands of African rhinoceroses has secured the convictions of poachers and led to stiffer criminal sentences since its establishment eight years ago, researchers say.

The approach allows researchers to «actually come up with a valid estimate of the rate of false convictions — knowing something that people say [in criminal justice] is not knowable,» says study author Samuel Gross, a law professor at the University of Michigan Law School and editor of the National Registry of Exonerations, a U.S. - focused exoneration database.

If an Internet dating service conducts criminal background screenings, then the service shall disclose whether it has a policy allowing a member who has been identified as having a criminal conviction to have access to its service to communicate with any New Jersey member; shall state that criminal background screenings aren't foolproof; that they may give members a false sense of security; that they aren't a perfect safety solution; that criminals may circumvent even the most sophisticated search technology; that not all criminal records are public in all states and not all databases are up to date; that only publicly available convictions are included in the screening; and that screenings don't cover other types of convictions or arrests or any convictions from foreign countries.

The American Bar Association's Criminal Justice Section has launched the National Inventory of the Collateral Consequences of Conviction, an online database that identifies legal sanctions and restrictions imposed upon people because of their criminalCriminal Justice Section has launched the National Inventory of the Collateral Consequences of Conviction, an online database that identifies legal sanctions and restrictions imposed upon people because of their criminalcriminal record.

When 30 % of all military criminal convictions go unreported to the NICS database, we know something is wrong.