It's unsettling - the truth about crime. The chance that you or someone you love will within the next 12 months, become a victim of crime is shockingly high.

When you live in the US, you've got a 1 in 5 chance of becoming a crime victim in the next 12 months. In the UK and much of Europe, the rate is 1 in 4 or worse. New Zealand or Australia? Nearly one out of every 3 people will be victimized within a year. The data comes from respected research publisher, Nationmaster.com. This information is inevitable. Your family or someone you know well could soon be the target of a robbery, burglary, car theft, even a physical attack or sexual assault. Sadly there is even more troubling news. The numbers don't begin to account for all the fraud, scams and computer crimes the modern underworld throws at us every day. Authorities do not even know the full extent of the problem. Adding the estimates in the likelihood that you'll be victimized in the next year shoots up past fifty-fifty.

Unfortunately, law enforcement cannot help until after the crime's been committed. The cold hard truth about crime is: it's up to you to do whatever you can to protect yourself and look out for your family. The 21st Century Solution to this Growing Problem I discovered these crime-rate facts while doing my work as a professional writer and researcher. I can admit I was shocked. When I looked into the subject more deeply, two findings came out which can help us avoid victimization. First, criminals are frequently repeat offenders. Their past crimes leave a trail. The good news is, in the age of the Internet access to that trail is available. The facts are out there to help us defend ourselves.

Second, criminals often show up in our lives before they attack us. We know them in some way. Not necessarily on a personal basis, but through work or shopping or hired help or through an online connection. Many times we're being cased. Our value as a target is being callously plotted. Our patterns are being watched when we're home and when we're not; when we're alone. As much as that may make your skin crawl, it should also give you hope. It means you have a chance to identify others who could possibly be threats. You have the ability to investigate them before anything happens. Now by using your computer and the Internet you can find out important details about a person before they are in your life. If you're like most people, though, you probably don't realize just how much information is available to you - especially about criminals. I was familiar with background checking sites from my occupation.

I'd just never thought of using this kind of service as a crime deterrent. Turns out that such services, are premier sources for the kind of information that can help keep us safe. Secrets Once Hidden that You Can Now Find Out While Sitting at Your Computer It used to be pricey to check into someone's background to see if they were hiding anything. You had to hire a private detective or go through some expensive reporting agency. Not today - not with Background Check records so readily available to us. Often referred to as Internet Detective sites or Personal Search sites, these web-based search services give you the low-down on all kinds of formerly-hidden information.

It can be somewhat confusing to determine which service to select based on your needs so we've provided a review of some of the more elite and effective services available.

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