Volunteer Background Checks
Info Cubic proudly supports our volunteer organizations by offering
very low-cost access to our criminal database searches. Info Cubic
offers Volunteer Screen - a quick and affordable solution for
identifying sex offenders on a multi-jurisdictional scale.
Please contact us for full details
and to find out if your firm qualifies for the Volunteer Screening
Program.
Suggested Package for Volunteer Screening:
Child Abuse Statistics:
National Foundation to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse:
- 1 in 3 girls and 1 of 6 boys have been subjected to some form
of sexual abuse by age 18.
- A child is abused in the United States every 13 seconds .
- There are an estimated 60 million survivors of childhood sexual
abuse in America today.
- 46% of child molesters are non-family members who are known
to their victims.
- 42% of current offenders with a child victim and a prior criminal
history had a past conviction for a violent crime .
US Department of Justice:
- 1 in 5 violent offenders serving time in state prisons had been convicted of a crime against a victim under the age of 18.
- More than half the violent crimes committed against children involved victims age 12 or younger.
- 7 in 10 offenders with child victims were imprisoned for rape or sexual assault.
- Two-thirds of all prisoners convicted of rape or sexual assault had committed their crimes against a child.
- All but 3% of offenders who committed violent crimes against children were male.
- 59% of current prisoners with a child victim had been previously convicted of a crime.
- 42% of current offenders with a child victim and a prior criminal history had a past conviction for a violent crime against either children or adults.
- 19% of current child victimizers convicted of prior violent crimes had been convicted in the past of statutory rape, lewd acts with a child or child abuse.
What is the Public Law 105-251 - Volunteers for Children Act?
On October 9,1998, the Volunteers for Children Act was signed into
law as Public Law 105-251, amending the National Child Protection
Act of 1993.This law affects any business or organization providing
care, treatment, education, training, instruction, supervision,
or recreation for children, the elderly, or individuals with disabilities...
whether public, private, for-profit, non-profit, or voluntary.
With this amendment, if a volunteer or employee of an organization
sexually molests a child, elderly person or individual with a disability
in his or her care and if it can be shown this volunteer or employee
had previously been convicted of a relevant crime in the United
States that organization may be held liable for negligent hiring. |
