Whose time is it anyway?: factors associated with duration in police custody

Kemp, Vicky; Balmer, Nigel J.; Pleasence, Pascoe

Abstract

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 have risen over recent years and that a number of factors can impact on the length of detention, including differences found between police stations. The expectations that PACE would restrict the length of time individuals are held in custody were not borne out by the data from the police stations included in this study

Citation

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

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jul 6, 2012
• Publication Date: Oct 31, 2012
• Deposit Date: Mar 20, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 20, 2017
• Journal: Criminal Law Review
• Print ISSN: 0011-135X
• Electronic ISSN: 0011-135X
• Publisher: Sweet and Maxwell
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 10
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/711670
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• Additional Information: This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Criminal Law Review following peer review. The definitive published version V. Kemp, N.J. Balmer, P. Pleasence, Criminal Law Review, issue 10, 2012, is available online on Westlaw UK or from Thomson Reuters DocDel service.