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Compendium of State Privacy and Security Legislation: 1997 Overview

NCJ Number
168964
Date Published
May 1998
Length
162 pages
Annotation
This compendium analyzes State laws and regulations that pertain to the privacy and security of criminal history record information up to July 1997.
Abstract

This report references and classifies State legislation on privacy and security of State criminal history record information. Statutes are grouped into 26 categories and presented both by classification and by State. The introduction summarizes changes and key issues that have arisen during the preceding two years. This report, the tenth in a series, is compiled every two years by SEARCH, the National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics.