Regulating Police Detention: Voices from Behind Closed Doors
- ISBN-10
- 1447343514
- ISBN-13
- 9781447343516
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 176
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018-01-31
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Author
- John Kendall
Description
Custody visitors are volunteers who make 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. This timely book offers detailed proposals for radically reforming custody visiting to make it an effective regulator of police behaviour.
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