Identifying People with Convictions

Learning Outcomes

1. To understand the range of offence types, court disposals and reoffending rates in England and Wales, and how to handle international convictions.
2. To understand your responsibility around assessing risk, handling and storing data and responding appropriately, when someone discloses their criminal conviction to you.
   
   

In this course, the topics we will explore are:

• What an ex-offender looks like
• Real-life impact stories
• Definitions of an ex-offender
• Understanding sentences and convictions given
• The needs of someone with a conviction
• Why there is a need for specialist support
• Asking someone about their conviction
• Handling and storing conviction information
• Downloads and useful links
• Further reading
• End of module Quiz