Criminal records. How long?

[deltaf]

Ok im askin this cos i DONT have a criminal record and i dont know jack about it.

What id like to know is, if someone gets done for oh say...nicking cars or whatever and does time at HM pleasure, how long after release is the criminal record valid for?
Is it forever? Or does it get wiped clean after "x" amount of years?

(not that im about to get one, i hasten to add! )

Over to you and ta very muchly!


Ps. take a look at this site...
www.capita.co.uk/Home/CustomerCentre/KnowledgeHub/Case_Studies/CriminalRecordsBureau.htm

>>> Edited by deltaf on Thursday 4th March 10:18

[Plotloss]

Its a permanent record.

But there is this thing called the rehabilitation of offenders act which is supposed to allow the prejudice to be limited after a number of years.

Arrests and Cautions are permanent, warnings stay on record in the station of warning for 3 years.

However, your criminal record is your business you dont have to declare it...

[deltaf]

Not even if asked?

[Plotloss]

Nope.

Unless you are working with children etc...

Normal company employees dont have to declare a thing.

However, some employers are insisting you get yourself CRB checked and then show them the report...

[deltaf]

Thanks for that.

[streaky]

Now if "Outlaw" were still here ( ), you could ask how long his criminal record was - Streaky

[deltaf]

He IS still here...now posting as "Roadrage"...very apt!

[Nightmare]

reminds me of a story in the paper ealier this week....did you see the new MD of Smith and Wesson has had to stand down after they found out he'd previously done a 15 year stretch for armed robbery....genius!

[Roadrage]

streaky said:

Now if "Outlaw" were still here ( ), you could ask how long his criminal record was - Streaky

Im here

it depends what you get done for some things are not spent for longer.

To be honist I lost count years a go and dont really care anyway.

prity long

think most of mine were 10 years to there spent

here had a look

Spent convictions and the rehabilitation of offenders
Rehabilitation Period per Sentence

Prison for more than two and a half years - never
Prison for more than six months but less than two and a half years - 10 years
Prison for six months or less - 7 years
Fine - 5 years
Dismissal with disgrace from Her Majesty's service - 10 years
Dismissal from Her Majesty's service - 7 years
Detention in respect of conviction in service disciplinary proceedings - 5 years
Borstal - 7 years
Detention for over six months but less than two and a half years - 5 years
Detention for six months or less - 3 years
Probation - 5 years
Hospital order under Mental Health Act 1983 - 5 years
or 2 years after order ceases to have effect, whichever is
the longer
Absolute discharge - 6 months
Conditional discharge, probation order, binding over,
care order, supervision order - 1 year after conviction of
the order or 1 year after the order ends, whichever is the longer
Disqualification - The period of disqualification

Note: These periods are reduced by half if the offender was under eighteen at the date of conviction.

The following sentences can never become spent:

• A sentence of imprisonment, youth custody detention in a young offender institution or corrective training, for a term of more than two and a half years.

• A sentence of imprisonment for life.

• A sentence of preventive detention.

• Detention during Her Majesty's pleasure or for life.

If you are convicted during the rehabilitation period of an offence which can only be tried by a magistrates'court, the new sentence will carry its own rehabilitation period and will not affect the earlier one. If the second offence is more serious and you receive a sentence covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 , the earlier conviction will become spent only when the later one becomes spent. If a person is given a sentence which can never become spent, this also prevents an earlier unspent conviction from becoming spent.

It should be noted that it is the length of the sentence imposed by the court which is relevant and not, for example, the length of time actually served in prison. A sentence counts in the same way whether you are actually sent to prison or the sentence is suspended.

Where a person receives two or more prison sentences in the course of the same court case, the rehabilitation period depends on whether the sentences are ordered to take effect concurrently - at the same time - or consecutively - one after another. As an example of what is meant by this, if two six-month sentences are concurrent, the offences are treated separately, giving each conviction a rehabilitation period of seven years. However, if the sentence is consecutive, they are treated as a single term of twelve months, with a rehabilitation period of ten years.


>> Edited by Roadrage on Friday 5th March 04:17

>> Edited by Roadrage on Friday 5th March 04:20

[wik]

"Arrests and Cautions are permanent"

Im pretty sure cautions only stay on record for 3 years. I think they still keep your fingerprints and mugshot though ??

Arrests surely are removed if no charges are pressed ?

BIB can you confirm shed any light on this ?

[deltaf]

Thanks for that Outlaw!