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Surveys

SEARCH is uniquely positioned to conduct surveys on important issues that impact the collection, maintenance and use of justice information. Recent SEARCH surveys and survey reports are provided below.

• SEARCH Survey on State Compliance with the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) - April 2009



• Survey of State Criminal History Information Systems, 2006



• User Fees for Fingerprint- and Name-based Criminal History Record Searches - April 2008



• Civil Print Retention Survey - November 2007



• Fingerprint Technician Classification and Employment Survey - June 2007



• State Criminal History Record Information Availability Survey - March 2006



• Survey of State Criminal History Information Systems, 2003  



• Survey of State Repositories Regarding Individual Criminal History Record Access - January 2006



• Individual Criminal History Record Review Survey of Repositories - January 2006



• Compact Council User Fee Survey - posted January 2006



• Survey of State Repository Hours and Services - October 2005



• Survey of fees charged by states to conduct volunteer background checks and related information - September 2002



• Survey of public attitudes toward the uses of biometric ID technologies by government and the private sector - September 2001/August 2002



• Survey on states that allow private agencies to submit fingerprints to their criminal history repositories - July 2002



• Survey on issues related to background checks of individuals who work in day care facilities - May 2002



• Survey on current and expected availability of livescan fingerprint capture devices - April 2002



• Survey on whether states can comply with the hazmat driver background check provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act - February 2002



• Survey on methods employed by the states to process individuals detained for immigration offenses - January 2002



• Survey on state office responsible for operation of criminal history record repository - November 2001



• Survey of which states provide public access to their criminal history records through the Internet - April 2001



• Survey of states that provide some level of "open" access to their criminal history records - March 2001



• Survey of State Criminal History Information Systems, 2001  



• Survey of public attitudes toward the use of criminal history information - February-March 2000