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The Problem with Criminal Records: Discrepancies Between State Reports and Private Sector Background Checks

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Title The Problem with Criminal Records: Discrepancies Between State Reports and Private Sector Background Checks
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/BDMWJN
 
Creator Stewart, Robert
Lageson, Sarah
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description Criminal charges for a sample of 101 participants in New Jersey compiled from criminal records produced by three data sources: the official state report ("*_sr"), a regulated criminal background check ("*_bc"), and an unregulated data aggregator ("*_da"). Charges are codes up BJS charge codes. Dispositions are categorized as "Convicted," "Acquitted/Dismissed," or "Unknown."

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Subject Law
Social Sciences
 
Date 2022-11-21
 
Contributor Stewart, Robert