CORI Checks

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As the name stands for, criminal offender record information (C.O.R.I) is record of a person’s criminal history. It reveals information about all violations, arrests, convictions, and other serious offenses. A persons CORI can only be checked after they sign the right for it to be checked. It is wrongful for employers to request people to obtain their personal CORI information. Mostly employment agencies, schools, apartment owners and other recruiters like the army, navy or police academy check for people’s criminal history. CORI check goes all the way to check people’s juvenile criminal information they had forgotten about. According to Greater Boston Legal Services, “CORI does not include restraining order cases or other non-criminal matters such as “51A” reports of child abuse or neglect made to the Department of Children and Families” (2014, pg. 5). CORI information makes it difficult to lie during …show more content…

The purpose of CORI checks are done to ensure the safety of people services are provided to. Employers always want to make sure they do not hire sex offenders to take care of people (especially female) with some form of disability or older people. These people are vulnerable and are at risk for sexual abuse. Police officers are meant to ensure the safety of the community and people we serve but if the police workforce consist of sex offenders and corrupt people who takes bribery, they will encourage negative behavior of law offenders which will put the peace and safety of the community at risk and will go against what the police workforce stands for. People with criminal histories cannot be refused employment or housing opportunities and is against civil law. According to Greater Boston Legal Services, “it is because using criminal records as a reason not to hire workers has a “disparate impact” (a greater effect) on racial minority groups” (2014, pg.

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