I doubt you'd want to send someone over with a criminal background or that is a registered sex offender.

I have rented before and used screening service called TVS, Tenant Verification Service to pull credit, rental and criminal reports.I have not pulled a report in a while and they have apparently changed the way they operate, in that the renter now pulls their own reports and supplies them to me.

@Joe Gore They provide full credit report, credit score, and national criminal background check and a conlcusion with applicant recommendations.

Once the Craiglist listing is hijacked, think of the less informed individuals that will be duped to pay a deposit for a discounted property by depositing funds into the criminals account or sending the money to some random address.

This is referred to as a "Thief" or "Criminal".

If protocols were not followed outlined by the government for safe lending practices that caused the bank to go under the officers can face criminal prosecution.

Yes, it provides criminal background and credit check, but it doesn't ask the tenant to fill out other basic info that would be requested on a rental application - like employment history, pets, previous landlord references etc., even if they aren't checking on those items, I want that info. 

Last time, I checked with my screening service, which gives me a score of 1 to 100 for the applicant, taking into account credit as well as criminal and eviction records.

I get a great picture of my tenant's credit and criminal profiles.  

Also, always do proper screening complete with credit, criminal and eviction reports on your potential renters.