﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>theForum » Criminal record checks for employment (including DBS checks) » Reforms to DBS filtering » How filtering doesn't go far enough  » Article in The Economist</title><generator>InstantForum 2016-2 Final</generator><description>theForum</description><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/</link><webMaster>theForum</webMaster><lastBuildDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 05:30:41 GMT</lastBuildDate><ttl>20</ttl><item><title>Article in The Economist</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost24398.aspx</link><description>Hi all&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Thought you might be interested in reading an article published yesterday in The Economist -&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.economist.com/news/britain/21717091-long-memory-law-may-limit-chance-rehabilitation-britain-criminal-records"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.economist.com/news/britain/21717091-long-memory-law-may-limit-chance-rehabilitation-britain-criminal-records"&gt;https://www.economist.com/news/britain/21717091-long-memory-law-may-limit-chance-rehabilitation-britain-criminal-records&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;which our co-director, Chris Stacey contributed to.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Let us have your thoughts.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Debs&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2017 19:06:54 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Deb S</dc:creator></item><item><title>RE: Article in The Economist</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost24451.aspx</link><description>&lt;div data-id="24398" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1489950346957"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="24398" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="24398" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="24398" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;Deb S - 17 Feb 17 1:43 PM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-24398"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;Hi all&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Thought you might be interested in reading an article published yesterday in The Economist -&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.economist.com/news/britain/21717091-long-memory-law-may-limit-chance-rehabilitation-britain-criminal-records"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.economist.com/news/britain/21717091-long-memory-law-may-limit-chance-rehabilitation-britain-criminal-records"&gt;https://www.economist.com/news/britain/21717091-long-memory-law-may-limit-chance-rehabilitation-britain-criminal-records&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;which our co-director, Chris Stacey contributed to.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Let us have your thoughts.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Debs&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="24398"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Really good article, Ill be paying the case a lot of attention.</description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2017 19:06:54 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>wotsit39</dc:creator></item><item><title>RE: Article in The Economist</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost24450.aspx</link><description>I think this is a great article and I feel happy that it's raising awareness of some important issues. Thank you for the time you spent in putting it together in such a well written way. I look forward to reading more articles.</description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2017 18:46:40 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Pumpkin</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>