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| | Post New Topic | | Background checks and the evaluation of past offences | Views: 128 | | Jun 11, 2009 1:22 pm | | Background checks and the evaluation of past offences | # | 
Tom Adam | | Some friends and I were kicking this subject around the other day, and discussing the things that have appeared in candidate's background checks that have disqualified them from further consideration. While laws governing this process will vary from country to country, some things will remain consistent in the decision. For example, criminal records of certain types and severity can disqualify someone. But here is my question . . .
How much time has to pass since the conviction for the person to be considered having turned their life around and no longer be considered a risk? I'm sure there is no fixed period, and that it will depend on the nature and severity of the offense. Someone who had a drunk driving conviction 5 years ago, but has had a perfectly clean record since then, might now be considered safe, but what about someone with a felony assault conviction? Or a felony that was plea-bargained down to a misdemeanor to avoid going to trial? At what point do we consider such a person no longer a risk? Or do we hold that against them in perpetuity?
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