The Web makes it easy to dig up information on people. That includes any sort of criminal history. Business owners need to check criminal backgrounds before hiring new employees. But anyone can do similar searches online.
Maybe you want to check on that new babysitter. What about the blind date you have next week? You’d want to know if these people have criminal backgrounds.
A good place to start is Criminal Searches. This site lets you search public criminal records in every state. All you need is a first and last name. You can narrow the results by city, state, age range and more.
There are seven main categories of crime on the site. And you’ll see many offenses catalogued within them. Here’s a sample: