Regulating policing : the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 past, present and future /
The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) was an innovative and controversial attempt to regulate the investigation of crime. Two decades on, it now operates in a very different context than in the mid-1980s. Whilst legal advice has become established as a basic right of those arrested and de...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Oxford ; Portland, Or. :
Hart,
2008.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) was an innovative and controversial attempt to regulate the investigation of crime. Two decades on, it now operates in a very different context than in the mid-1980s. Whilst legal advice has become established as a basic right of those arrested and detained by the police, the police service has become increasingly professionalised but also increasingly driven by government objectives and targets. The Crown Prosecution Service, originally established to separate prosecution from investigation, is now becoming involved in the investigative process. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (288 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781847314543 1847314546 1282048430 9781282048430 9781472564511 1472564510 |