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Bridewell Legal Advice Study (BLAST): an innovation in police station legal advice: interim report (2012)
Report
Kemp, V. (2012). Bridewell Legal Advice Study (BLAST): an innovation in police station legal advice: interim report

The Bridewell Legal Advice Study (BLAST) was an innovative project which attempted to help improve access to legal advice by basing duty solicitors in a large city centre police station. It had been intended that the project would run over a three mo... Read More about Bridewell Legal Advice Study (BLAST): an innovation in police station legal advice: interim report.

Whose time is it anyway?: factors associated with duration in police custody (2012)
Journal Article
Kemp, V., Balmer, N. J., & Pleasence, P. (2012). Whose time is it anyway?: factors associated with duration in police custody. Criminal Law Review, 10,

This study is based on a statistical analysis of police custody records. We earlier examined the take-up of legal advice and now turn our attention to the time people spend in police custody. We find that the average time people are detained seems to... Read More about Whose time is it anyway?: factors associated with duration in police custody.