Criminal to Criminologist

[londonblue]

What a great story.

BBC

 

[OldBlueLady]

Agreed, "personal responsibility"...that's about the sum of it.

 

[prawntobewild]

Good story but raises the issue - how on earth did she pass the CRB check?

 

[united we stand]

Good story but raises the issue - how on earth did she pass the CRB check?

She came through very well last night, and the documentary asked some good questions on how the system works

She is at university, why would she have to take a CRB check

 

[prawntobewild]

She came through very well last night, and the documentary asked some good questions on how the system works

She is at university, why would she have to take a CRB check

Sorry was an attempt at humour on my part (obvious fail there) & I thought the article said she was working somewhere - also probably wrong.
The said article should really say "From Criminal to Trainee Criminologist" to avoid confusion tbh.. (ps that is also an attempt at humour - albeit at about the same level as my previous attempt)

 

[OldBlueLady]

She came through very well last night, and the documentary asked some good questions on how the system works

She is at university, why would she have to take a CRB check

To protect herself as much as anything. I would hazard a guess that she's been supported in situations where a CRB might be necessary by a 3rd party as "chaperone". That is only a guess, though, I don't know at what point an ex-con becomes eligible for a CRB check pass.

 

[londonblue]

Does a CRB check that shows that she has been in trouble with the police mean that she can't do certain jobs, or does the type of conviction make a difference? For example, would stealing mean she couldn't work with children in the same way as someone who has been convicted of sexual assault of children?

I've never been involved with CRB checks, so I don't know how they work.

 

[OldBlueLady]

Does a CRB check that shows that she has been in trouble with the police mean that she can't do certain jobs, or does the type of conviction make a difference? For example, would stealing mean she couldn't work with children in the same way as someone who has been convicted of sexual assault of children?

I've never been involved with CRB checks, so I don't know how they work.

I've no idea, they've changed recently to a DBS anyway! This might help explain, I haven't got time to read it through right now http://www.safenetwork.org.uk/help_...ple/Pages/Disclosure-Barring-Service-DBS.aspx

There was also the old "list 99" check that people had to go through if volunteering.

 

[Mad Cyril]

Does a CRB check that shows that she has been in trouble with the police mean that she can't do certain jobs, or does the type of conviction make a difference? For example, would stealing mean she couldn't work with children in the same way as someone who has been convicted of sexual assault of children?

I've never been involved with CRB checks, so I don't know how they work.

If you work for an investment bank they will run a CRB check.

I am no arch criminal but an arrest and caution in my youth stoped me travelling to the US for training on the visa waiver programme and I had to apply for a work visa.

Americans have no sense of humour over these things as I discovered in front of a packed waiting room st the US embassy in London.....