With all 50 US States required to maintain their own sex offender registries it only makes sense that academia, government and corporate America search these registries prior to hiring. Penn State University has recently updated their employment screening protocols to now include criminal background checks. After the sex abuse scandal and subsequent cover up the University is taking proactive measures to thwart the likelihood of another incident. The incorporation of professional background checks is a great course to take in a larger effort to mitigate risk and increase safety. Most professional third party background screening companies in the USA now include a national sex offender search with their criminal background checks.
To learn more about Penn States’ new criminal background check policy read recent CriminalBackgroundRecords.com press release: http://www.criminalbackgroundrecords.com/news/2012-09-12-College-Football-Criminal-Background-Checks.html