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2019_Book_EmploymentScreeningAndNon-Conv.pdf

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1|Preface|5
1|Contents|9
1|Abbreviations|13
1|1 The Disclosure of Criminal Records to Employers|15
2|Abstract|15
2|Introduction|16
2|The Early Days|16
3|The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974|19
2|The Expansion of the Disclosure System After 1986|21
2|‘On the Record’ and the Police Act 1997|24
2|The Criminal Records Bureau (CRB)|27
2|The Vetting and Barring Scheme (VBS)|29
2|The Coalition Government|30
2|The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)|31
3|The ‘Filtering’ of Criminal Records|34
2|Summary|38
2|References|38
1|2 The Nature of ‘Non-conviction Information’|42
2|Abstract|42
2|Introduction|43
2|‘Hard’ Information|43
3|The Police National Computer|43
2|‘Soft’ Information|45
3|The Police National Database|47
3|The Law Enforcement Data Service (LEDS)|48
2|Sources of Police ‘Soft’ Information|50
3|Safeguarding of Children and Young Persons|50
3|Anti-social Behaviour|52
3|Sex Offenders and Other Violent People|53
3|Voluntary Organisations|54
3|Other People ‘Known’ to the Police|56
2|Summary|61
2|References|61
1|3 The Police Disclosure of Non-conviction Information to Employers (1986–2010)|64
2|Abstract|64
2|Introduction|65
2|The 1985 Joint Review and 1986 Home Office Circulars|65
2|Did We Need ‘Non-conviction Information’?|68
2|‘On the Record’|71
2|The Police Act 1997|73
3|R(X) v Chief Constable of the West Midlands Police [2004] EWCA Civ 1068|75
3|The Bichard Inquiry 2004|76
3|Home Office Circular No. 5/2005|77
2|The Code of Practice on the Management of Police Information (MOPI)|79
3|R(L) v Chief Constable of Metropolis [2009] UKSC 3|80
2|Summary|81
2|References|81
1|4 The Police Disclosure of Non-conviction Information to Employers (2010–to the Present Day)|83
2|Abstract|83
2|Introduction|84
2|The Mason Reports (2010–2011)|84
2|The CRB Role in the Disclosure of ‘Non-conviction Information’|89
2|The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012|91
3|The Independent Monitor|91
2|Young People, Criminal Records and ‘Non-conviction Information’|93
2|A Unilateral Police Decision?|96
2|The Unemployed Person and Enhanced Disclosure Checks|97
2|Summary|101
2|References|101
1|5 Making the Decision to Disclose ‘Non-conviction Information’|104
2|Abstract|104
2|Introduction|104
2|Early Guidance|105
2|Guidance After the Police Act 1997|107
3|X v Chief Constable of the West Midlands Police|108
3|Home Office Circular 5/2005|109
2|Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005|112
2|The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012|113
3|The Quality Assurance Framework|114
3|Statutory Disclosure Guidance|121
2|Summary|126
2|References|126
1|6 Human Rights|128
2|Abstract|128
2|Introduction|129
2|Background|129
2|European Convention on Human Rights—Article 6|130
2|European Convention on Human Rights—Article 8|134
2|Proportionality|140
2|Summary|144
2|References|144
1|7 Conclusions|146
2|Abstract|146
2|Introduction|147
2|Employers in Receipt of Criminal Records and ‘Non conviction Information’|147
2|‘Non-conviction Information’—A Lack of Justification in the Literature|151
2|Does the ECRC Regime Undermine the Criminal Justice Process?|155
2|The Effect of the Stigma Associated with Disclosed Information|157
2|Recent Developments|160
2|References|161
1|Legal Cases|164
1|Bibliography|166
1|Index|177