CRIMINAL RECORD REPORT AND HUMAN RESOURCES

Dragana Lazić; Jelena Vuković; Dragan Manojlović

doi:10.59864/Oditor12601DZ

Authors

Dragana Lazić MB University, Faculty of Business and Law, Belgrade, Serbia Author https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6227-139X
Jelena Vuković MB University, Faculty of Business and Law, Belgrade, Serbia Author https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7146-5612
Dragan Manojlović MB University, Faculty of Business and Law, Belgrade, Serbia Author https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6120-0220

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.59864/Oditor12601DZ

Keywords:

criminal record report, human resources, job competition, employment

Abstract

Employment is among the most consequential steps an individual undertakes to secure multidimensional life stability, and one of the obstacles to achieving this objective is a criminal history dossier—i.e., a criminal record. The criminal record report occupies an important place in human resource development and in delineating the scope of professional employment. Tracing the dividing line between these two constructs in the scholarly literature and professional practice, the present study examines the correlation between criminal record reports and human resources. The aim of the study is, through the application of scientific methods—content analysis of existing research findings (scientific contributions and professional practice), historical analysis, quantitative and qualitative analysis, comparison, correlation, description, and synthesis—to present the scope of the effects of the document—the criminal record report—on a human resource with a criminal history (criminal record) when submitting an application to a job competition for the purpose of employment. As the findings indicate, submitting a criminal record report as part of a job application produces a collateral consequence: in the majority of cases, the individual is prevented, at the very outset—upon filing the application—from continuing further through the stages of the recruitment procedure. The results further show that, while efforts are being made to provide convicted persons with a second chance, the number of requests for criminal record reports in the context of employment is simultaneously increasing.

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