Uses and Consequences of a Criminal Conviction Going on the Record of an Offender /

• Main Author: Fitzgerald O'Reilly, Margaret (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Corrections.; Punishment.; Victimology.; Human rights.; Criminology.; Criminal justice, Administration of.; Police.; Prison and Punishment.; Human Rights and Crime .; Criminal Justice.; Policing.

This book examines the increasing retention and use of previous criminal record information, within and beyond the criminal justice system. There remains a misconception that once an offender has served the penalty for an offence, his or her dealings with the law and legal system in relation to that...