Doctoring with conviction: criminal records and the medical profession

The General Medical Council decides if, when they are convicted of a crime, a doctor in the United Kingdom should be allowed to continue in their employment. This article is the first to detail these decisions for the period 2005–15. No doctor was barred from practising medicine for serious violent...

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Main Author: Chamberlain, John Martyn 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
In: The British journal of criminology
Year: 2018, Volume: 58, Issue: 2, Pages: 394-413
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Keywords:
Criminal record
Desistance
Employment
Ex-offenders
Medical profession
Re-entry
Vorstrafe
Ehemalige Straftäter
Medizinische Berufe
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Summary:The General Medical Council decides if, when they are convicted of a crime, a doctor in the United Kingdom should be allowed to continue in their employment. This article is the first to detail these decisions for the period 2005–15. No doctor was barred from practising medicine for serious violent and sex offences, including rape, possession of images of child sexual abuse, manslaughter and domestic violence. These findings are placed in the context of contemporary developments in criminal record reform and criminological analysis of the relationship between employment and desistance. It is concluded that the high degree of devolved discretion allowed to elite professional occupations must be subjected to further critical scrutiny and policy reform.
ISSN:1464-3529
DOI:10.1093/bjc/azx016