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This book provides a critical overview of the policy frameworks underpinning the contemporary practices of non-conviction information disclosure during pre-employment 'screening'. It questions how a man can walk free from a criminal court as an innocent person only to have all the court details of his acquittal passed to any potential employer.Despite several million 'enhanced' criminal background checks being performed each year, there has been little discussion of these issues within academic literature. Non-conviction information, also known as 'police intelligence', is a less well-known check provided alongside the criminal record check. This book seeks to define what is meant by non-conviction information and to provide a clear and simple explanation of how this decision making process of police disclosure to employers is made. It also considers the extent to which these practices have been subjected to legal challenges within the UK and explores how public protection is balanced against individual rights.

Employment Screening and Non-Conviction Information: A Human Rights Perspective

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Preface

Chapter One - The Disclosure of Criminal Records to Employers

Introduction

The Early Days

· The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974

The Expansion of the Disclosure System after 1986

'On the Record' and the Police Act 1997

The Criminal Records Bureau (CRB)

The Vetting and Barring Service (VBS)

The Coalition Government

The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)

· The 'filtering' of criminal records

Summary

Chapter Two - The Nature of 'Non-conviction Information'?

Introduction

'Hard' Information

· The Police National Computer

'Soft' Information

· The Police National Database (PND)

· Law Enforcement Data Services (LEDS)

Sources of 'Soft' Information

· Safeguarding Children and Young People