The Gap - What the Record Doesn’t Show
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The Gap - What the Record Doesn’t Show
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We rely on background checks, credentials, and verified badges to tell us who is safe. A green checkmark. A clean record.
But what happens when predatory behavior is erased or never makes it into the record at all?
In this first episode of Context and Character, we examine the gap—the invisible space between who someone appears to be on paper and who they are in reality. We explore how institutions quietly manage risk, how misconduct is handled behind closed doors, and how the absence of records is often mistaken for proof of safety.
This episode lays out the core framework of the series: why predatory behavior is rarely accidental, how information is systematically erased or fragmented, and why “clean backgrounds” can be dangerously misleading.