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Regulating Police Detention: Voices from Behind Closed Doors

Regulating Police Detention: Voices from Behind Closed Doors

Hardcover

Criminology

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ISBN10: 1447343514
ISBN13: 9781447343516
Publisher: Policy Press
Published: Feb 28 2018
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.20 Depth: 7.90
Language: English

When suspects are arrested, they spend their time in police custody largely in isolation and out of public view. These custody blocks are police territory, and public controversies about what happens there often only arise when a detainee dies.

Custody visitors are volunteers who make what are supposed to be random and unannounced visits to police custody blocks to check on the welfare of detainees. However, there is a fundamental power imbalance between the police and these visitors, which calls the independence and effectiveness of custody visiting into question.

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