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criminal record
Jan 12 2010, 8:57 PM EST
a young person committed a crime and was told that in two years if they kept out of trouble it would be wiped? is this correct? and also how can they check that they don't have a record for themselves? They are being told to disclose their past at every opportunity, as the Youth Worker involved I have concerns about their future prospects if they keep this practice up. Can you advise best practice on this issue
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1. RE: criminal record
Mar 28 2010, 11:17 PM EDT
If the person received 'police diversion' the offence should not be recorded. You could get the young person to be police vetted which would show their record of convictions. If their record shows the offence you can write and ask for it to be amended. YouthLaw can help you with doing this. Some jobs are going to do a criminal check so it is good to know what is on your record and whether it is going to be clean or not and in this case it should be clean. We like to tell young people to be honest etc but sometimes it is better not to disclose everything about yourself, particularly to an employer. Not all employers are sympathetic or supportive and disclosing personal information can be quite embarrassing, having to do this continually may encourage the young person not to apply for jobs to save face. Personally if you don't have to - don't, you can always judge later whether you want to tell all once you've sussed out the place and people Do you find this valuable? |
