In the UK, there is a live debate and ongoing legal battles around the question of how long people’s criminal convictions should be visible to employers, insurers and others. How should society treat people with a criminal past?

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Recent research in the USA and Europe has drawn attention to the serious disadvantages a criminal record brings. In the UK, there is a live debate and ongoing legal battles around the question of how long people’s criminal convictions should be visible to employers, insurers and others.

How should society treat people with a criminal past?

To what extent should people be able to leave their criminal pasts behind them?

include the attached sources and the ones below:

https://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/publications/cjm/article/abolishing-stigma-punishments-served

https://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/publications/cjm/article/theory-and-politics-criminalisation

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5342201/