Thursday, August 21, 2014

By Claire Dowell


Crimes happen every day and innocent civilians are mostly on the losing end of the situation. In an attempt to keep civilians from getting victimized to criminals, the government took action by allowing civilians to view and access the documents of the public domain. Yes, there are law enforcers scattered all over the place, but if the people are well-informed of the backgrounds of the people that they are surrounded with, their and security will be better guarded. If you are in Pennsylvania, you can go over the state's official website for criminal history background information and place a formal request for Pennsylvania Criminal Records.

The website is called the Pennsylvania Access to Criminal History. Technically, every criminal record is made up of different crime-related records such as arrest records. Arrest records are recorded at the specific Local Police Department or Country Sheriff's Office that executes the arrest. It is then forwarded to the state repository where they will be merged with the other records.

More people are performing background checks now because of the amount of useful information they contain. Employers refer to criminal files so they can carefully select who they hire. Landlords refer to the files so they can avoid taking criminals as tenants and in turn put the lives of their other tenants in jeopardy. Parents refer to the files so that they will have a better idea of the backgrounds of the people that their children are surrounded with and not have to worry about them all the time.

Criminal files are considered as part of the public domain. Any member of the general public has the right to place a request for them. It is allowed to access one's own files so that a person can check if there is any wrong information that might be included on their files. For files that have errors, the requestor can appeal to the office-in-charge to make the appropriate corrections. In requesting for the files of another person, you need to state why you want to obtain the files. If your reason is sufficient, you will get the files you requested. Another important to take note of is that if the file you requested is currently being used in a criminal case, it may not be available for request.

If you want another way of retrieving the documents, look for privately-owned websites that offer such information. Once you find one, all you need to do is provide the name of the person whose records you want to retrieve. Also enter the date of birth and other information that you know about the person. Providing more information increases the chances of finding the exact documents that you wish to get your hands on. There is a required fee for getting the documents which is subject to a no-refund policy.

Amongst the records that make up a criminal record, Public Arrest Records are the most telling. An arrest does not always require imprisonment but it does say a lot about the arrested person. Although it cannot be concluded immediately that an arrested person is bad, it is still an area for concern. If you want to obtain the records of prisoners, you can place a request at a state's Department of Corrections.




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