Historial criminal

[ChadH]

I'm pretty sure that historial is used to talk about a person's criminal history, but is it used alone or should it be "historial criminal"?

Thanks.

[Julie]

Or "historial delictivo"...

[Felipe]

I agree, it should be possesed by some noun because historial doesn't exclusively pertain to a criminal record.

[Tomisimo]

I've heard "historial penal" as well. I'd say it's a toss-up between historial penal/delictivo, although now that I think about it "historial delictivo" might be the more common of the two.

[sosia]

I heard usually "historial delictivo". But "historial penal" or "historial criminal" are also valid and common.
like Julie & Felipe said, an expert can say "historial penal" is only if you were in jail, or "historial criminal" if you killed someone. Whe need an expert.

[Tomisimo]

Like sosia says, there are probably subtle differences here, just like in English "criminal record" "prison record" etc.