The Detention of Suspects in Police Custody

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8403153
AutoresKeith Bottomley (University of Hull), Clive Coleman (University of Hull), David Dixon (0000-0002-4753-7441, UNSW Sydney), Martin Gill (0000-0002-3162-4110, University of Wales), David S Walls (0000-0002-6003-1592, University of Hull), David Wall (0000-0001-5706-8151)
Año1991
Volumen31
Número4
Páginas347-364
Fecha de publicación1991-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe British Journal of Criminology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0007-0955 • E-ISSN: 1464-3529
EditorialOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjc.a048134
OpenAlexW2260471569
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5

The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) introduced new procedures to place limits on the length of detention before charge and safeguard the rights of suspects while in custody; these were intended to counterbalance increased police powers. This article reviews the evidence from research conducted in a police force in the north of England on the impact of PACE upon the length of time suspects are held in custody and upon the use of two of the safeguards: the suspect's right to have someone informed of their arrest (intimations) and the right to legal advice. Although there was no significant change in the mean length of detention before charge in the year the new procedures were introduced (1986), 1987 saw a significant increase. PACE appears to have brought about increases in the proportion of suspects recorded as requesting intimations, and in the proportions requesting and receiving legal advice

Criminology · Geography · Pace · Political science · Remand (court procedure) · Suspect · Criminal Law and Evidence · European Criminal Justice and Data Protection · Law · Policing Practices and Perceptions · Psychology