December 01, 2010 - Staff vetting in the health and social care sectors ran up costs of almost £70 million last year, figures have shown. Campaigners claimed the rules requiring Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks for carers working with vulnerable adults were a waste of money. They said it costs millions of pounds, adding that the money would be better spent elsewhere on delivering improved public services. The call comes after a Government review was recently launched into the vetting of people working with vulnerable adults. The review will also look at the criminal records regime. Home Secretary Theresa May pushed for a "common sense" approach to brought in, with the Government saying current procedures were "not a...
December 01, 2010 - In a continuing series, The Background Investigator, sends its attorneys to various countries around the world to explore the justice systems and b...
December 01, 2010 - The EEOC held a public Commission meeting on Wednesday, October 20 to hear testimony from representatives of various groups, social scientists, and...
December 01, 2010 - The pace of real estate transactions in Orleans Parish (New Orleans) has slowed to a crawl because of a computer glitch in the Civil District Court...
December 01, 2010 - A record number of minors have been accused of crimes or otherwise caught up in criminal activity in Turkey over the past year and a half, a recent...
November 01, 2010 - In a continuing series, The Background Investigator, is sending its attorneys to various countries around the world to explore the justice systems...
November 01, 2010 - When Kate Jarencio applied for a police check in July, she was told it would take eight to 10 weeks. But now, at the beginning of November, there&r...
December 31, 1969 - Although child sex crimes were committed less frequently in Korea than other major countries, the growth rate here had been higher in recent years,...
December 31, 1969 - The personal information of child sex offenders has become available online, according to government officials. The Ministry of Gender Equality...
December 31, 1969 - Chris Wittwer, Britain's 'Facebook Vigilante' has created a Facebook database of nearly 6,000 registered sex offenders. Wittwer, 34...
December 31, 1969 - One joke in India is you can find a criminal record on any politician but you can not find one on an job applicant or employee. Why's that?...
December 31, 1969 - Not content with requiring three different bills with an address, a passport, driving licence, birth certificate, marriage certificate, a letter fr...
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