- Innovative Criminal Record Locator
Sterling reveals up to 20% more criminal records
Social Security Number (SSN) Traces only identify where candidates have lived. SSN Traces cannot reveal where candidates work or play, and may have committed a crime. ArrestDirect plus SSN Trace closes the gap.
“Most crimes occur in the areas between where people live, work, and play. A quality criminal background check finds all of them quickly and cost effectively.”
William Greenblatt, Founder & CEO Sterling Infosystems
Locate Up To 20% More Criminal Records with Sterling’s Complete Criminal Record Locator:
ArrestDirect is the key component when locating the correct counties or states to search before conducting a thorough Criminal Background Check. ArrestDirect provides additional jurisdictions to search for convictions based on arrest records. The Complete Criminal Record Locator closes any gaps left by traditional trace products. How? By using complementary benefits of 3 locators:
As part of the Complete Criminal Record Locator, ArrestDirect, Sterling’s proprietary locator tool, identifies additional jurisdictions to search for convictions based on arrest records.
ArrestDirect targets where crimes have happened
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To enhance our SSN Trace, ArrestDirect queries over 3500 jurisdictions for bookings and incarcerations, covering 70% of the incarcerated population in the U.S.
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By complementing our SSN Trace with data from arrest records, Sterling targets additional jurisdictions with a high probability of finding criminal convictions.
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Sterling's CourtDirect technology goes to the targeted counties to validate records, reporting detailed criminal convictions to you as normal. |
ArrestDirect targets where crimes have happened.
Reveal up to 20% more Criminal Records over traditional background check packages:
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We took 25,000 candidates with a standard service package that uses SSN Trace to guide which counties or states to search. The SSN Trace prompted an average of 4 jurisdictions to search per candidate. We ran ArrestDirect on these candidates and found Hundreds of New Convictions – the vast majority of which were for candidates that would otherwise have been listed as Clear. We closely examined the newly revealed convictions for 200 of these individuals:
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September 2012 ARRESTDirect™ + SSN Trace AnalysisBased on 3500 applicants from a sampling of our clients, ArrestDirect located 215 new convictions in counties not targeted by SSN Trace.
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Enhanced National Criminal Search
An Enhanced Nationwide Search pulls from hundreds or data sources across millions of records, but is not 100% comprehensive and may not contain up-to-date information.
Instantly search State, County and Corrections criminal record databases. When we find a criminal conviction, we run the criminal record check in the county identified.
A supplemental service to Sterling's criminal background check, the National Criminal Search accesses our proprietary criminal record database to seek out "vacationing criminals." We search against criminal records collected from all over the country, including state Department of Corrections and county criminal court records as a part of our criminal background screening services.
Social Security Number Trace
Social Security Number Trace looks at where the applicant has lived according to credit applications and other sources.
A Social security number verification is a cornerstone of background checks in the U.S and the quickest, most effective way to verify the identity of an individual.
A social security number SSN trace results in a 7-10 year history of past and present addresses connected with that unique identifier. The SSN verification report also lists the names associated with those addresses, thereby ensuring that the background check has access to a full set of AKAs ("also known as") including aliases, maiden names, nicknames and names misspelled or variously transliterated across languages. The source information gathered via social security number verification makes this process an essential component in criminal history investigations and a valuable tool in maximizing the efficacy of other investigative searches.
Sterling's advanced technology enables the results of a social security number trace to be translated – automatically and within seconds – into criminal county or state searches through our proprietary CourtDirectSM platform, vastly speeding the all over turnaround time for pre-employment background checks. Sterling Infosystems recommends SSN verification as an indispensable part of all pre-employment background checks and an important element in any background checking program.
Sterling Complete Criminal Record Locator
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