{"id":"https://openalex.org/W1925382001","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/009102600103000204","title":"Criminal Background Checks for Prospective and Current Employees: Current Practices among Municipal Agencies","display_name":"Criminal Background Checks for Prospective and Current Employees: Current Practices among Municipal Agencies","publication_year":2001,"publication_date":"2001-06-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W1925382001","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/009102600103000204","mag":"1925382001"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1177/009102600103000204","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/009102600103000204","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/009102600103000204","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S38942948","display_name":"Public Personnel Management","issn_l":"0091-0260","issn":["0091-0260","1945-7421"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["abdc-b","cwts-core","fnege-4","jufo-1","norway-1","poland-70","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Public Personnel Management","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5071078719","display_name":"Mary L. Connerley","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I859038795","display_name":"Virginia Tech","ror":"https://ror.org/02smfhw86","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I859038795"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Mary L. Connerley","raw_affiliation_strings":["Virginia Polytechnic Institute And State University"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Virginia Polytechnic Institute And State University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I859038795"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5069738252","display_name":"Richard D. Arvey","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Richard D. Arvey","raw_affiliation_strings":["Work and Organizations"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Work and Organizations","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5004822326","display_name":"Charles J. Bernardy","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Charles J. Bernardy","raw_affiliation_strings":["City of Minneapolis"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"City of Minneapolis","institution_ids":[]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5004822326","https://openalex.org/A5071078719"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I859038795"],"apc_list":{"value":3650,"currency":"USD","value_usd":3650},"apc_paid":null,"fwci":4.6172,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":57,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.93729032,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"30","issue":"2","first_page":"173","last_page":"183"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12415","display_name":"Employer Branding and e-HRM","score":0.9531000256538391,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1407","display_name":"Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12415","display_name":"Employer Branding and e-HRM","score":0.9531000256538391,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1407","display_name":"Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10213","display_name":"Public Policy and Administration Research","score":0.014299999922513962,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3321","display_name":"Public Administration"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11076","display_name":"Policing Practices and Perceptions","score":0.007300000172108412,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3320","display_name":"Political Science and International Relations"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/criminal-background-checks","display_name":"criminal background checks","score":0.9990000128746033},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/municipal-authorities","display_name":"municipal authorities","score":0.593999981880188},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/local-government-employment","display_name":"local government employment","score":0.7080000042915344},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/negligent-hiring","display_name":"negligent hiring","score":0.8389999866485596},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/hiring-practices","display_name":"hiring practices","score":0.7039999961853027},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/candidate-screening","display_name":"applicant screening","score":0.8259999752044678},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/public-sector-human-resource-management","display_name":"public sector human resource management","score":0.49900001287460327}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C108170787","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3951828","display_name":"Agency (philosophy)","level":2,"score":0.7069520950317383},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778137410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2732820","display_name":"Government (linguistics)","level":2,"score":0.6022404432296753},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.569927453994751},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778719706","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6501447","display_name":"Local government","level":2,"score":0.42058077454566956},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39549134","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133080","display_name":"Public relations","level":1,"score":0.4057069420814514},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C3116431","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31728","display_name":"Public administration","level":1,"score":0.2736216187477112},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.24695396423339844},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.07824045419692993},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C36289849","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34749","display_name":"Social science","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41895202","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8162","display_name":"Linguistics","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1177/009102600103000204","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/009102600103000204","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/009102600103000204","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S38942948","display_name":"Public Personnel Management","issn_l":"0091-0260","issn":["0091-0260","1945-7421"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["abdc-b","cwts-core","fnege-4","jufo-1","norway-1","poland-70","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Public Personnel Management","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Peace, justice, and strong institutions","score":0.9595999717712402,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/16"}],"sustainable_development_goals_aurora":[{"display_name":"Peace, justice, and strong institutions","score":0.5699999928474426,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/16"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W7111036965","https://openalex.org/W2952287356","https://openalex.org/W3112303896","https://openalex.org/W2006256496","https://openalex.org/W2414327479","https://openalex.org/W2605698750","https://openalex.org/W2195569445","https://openalex.org/W2435444688","https://openalex.org/W1019686480","https://openalex.org/W7095739849"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"The":[0],"purpose":[1],"of":[2,17,73],"this":[3],"paper":[4],"is":[5,34,37,64],"to":[6,11,46],"discuss":[7],"background":[8,19,48,62],"checks":[9,49,63],"and":[10,53],"describe":[12],"local":[13],"government":[14,41],"agencies'":[15],"use":[16],"criminal":[18,47],"checks.":[20],"Although":[21],"interest":[22],"in":[23],"protecting":[24],"one's":[25],"organization":[26],"or":[27],"public":[28],"agency":[29],"from":[30],"negligent":[31],"hiring":[32],"lawsuits":[33],"growing,":[35],"little":[36],"known":[38],"about":[39],"what":[40],"agencies":[42],"are":[43],"doing":[44],"related":[45],"on":[50,70],"new":[51],"hires":[52],"current":[54],"employees.":[55],"We":[56],"provide":[57],"data":[58],"indicating":[59],"that":[60],"conducting":[61],"relatively":[65],"commonplace":[66],"among":[67],"municipalities,":[68],"depending":[69],"the":[71],"type":[72],"job":[74],"involved.":[75]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-10-12T09:40:04.860316","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}