Vulnerability in Police Custody: Police Decision-Making and the Appropriate Adult Safeguard

ISBN-13: 9781138094604 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 178 str.

Roxanna Fatemi-Dehaghani

Opis

This book examines adult vulnerability in police custody by addressing the implementation of the appropriate adult safeguard and exploring police decision-making in this context. Drawing on empirical research, the work takes a socio-legal approach.

Spis treści

1. The (Vulnerable) Suspect in the Criminal Process  2. Police Powers and Procedures: ‘Safeguarding’ The (Vulnerable) Suspect  3. Police Custody: Getting Inside, Being Inside, Getting Onside, and Being Onside  4. Constructing Vulnerability – The Concept  5. Constructing Vulnerability – Pace, Code C and the Courts  6. Constructing Vulnerability – The Custody Officer Approach  7. Identifying Vulnerability in Police Custody  8. Implementing the Appropriate Adult Safeguard  9. Comprehending the Custody Officer Approach  10. Reconceptualising Vulnerability?

O autorze

Dr Roxanna Dehaghani is a Lecturer in Law at Cardiff School of Law and Politics, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.