Intro; Preface; Contents; Abbreviations; 1 The Disclosure of Criminal Records to Employers; Abstract; 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 Scheme (VBS); The Coalition Government; The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS); The 'Filtering' of Criminal Records; Summary; References; 2 The Nature of 'Non-conviction Information'; Abstract; Introduction; 'Hard' Information; The Police National Computer

'Soft' InformationThe Police National Database; The Law Enforcement Data Service (LEDS); Sources of Police 'Soft' Information; Safeguarding of Children and Young Persons; Anti-social Behaviour; Sex Offenders and Other Violent People; Voluntary Organisations; Other People 'Known' to the Police; Summary; References; 3 The Police Disclosure of Non-conviction Information to Employers (1986-2010); Abstract; Introduction; The 1985 Joint Review and 1986 Home Office Circulars; Did We Need 'Non-conviction Information'?; 'On the Record'; The Police Act 1997

R(X) v Chief Constable of the West Midlands Police [2004] EWCA Civ 1068The Bichard Inquiry 2004; Home Office Circular No. 5/2005; The Code of Practice on the Management of Police Information (MOPI); R(L) v Chief Constable of Metropolis [2009] UKSC 3; Summary; References; 4 The Police Disclosure of Non-conviction Information to Employers (2010-to the Present Day); Abstract; Introduction; The Mason Reports (2010-2011); The CRB Role in the Disclosure of 'Non-conviction Information'; The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012; The Independent Monitor

Young People, Criminal Records and 'Non-conviction Information'A Unilateral Police Decision?; The Unemployed Person and Enhanced Disclosure Checks; Summary; References; 5 Making the Decision to Disclose 'Non-conviction Information'; Abstract; Introduction; Early Guidance; Guidance After the Police Act 1997; X v Chief Constable of the West Midlands Police; Home Office Circular 5/2005; Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005; The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012; The Quality Assurance Framework; Statutory Disclosure Guidance; Summary; References; 6 Human Rights; Abstract; Introduction

BackgroundEuropean Convention on Human Rights-Article 6; European Convention on Human Rights-Article 8; Proportionality; Summary; References; 7 Conclusions; Abstract; Introduction; Employers in Receipt of Criminal Records and 'Non conviction Information'; 'Non-conviction Information'-A Lack of Justification in the Literature; Does the ECRC Regime Undermine the Criminal Justice Process?; The Effect of the Stigma Associated with Disclosed Information; Recent Developments; References; Legal Cases; Bibliography; Index